. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 436 convex upper profile, twice as long as broad, longer than postocular part of head ; eye 3^ to 4 times in length of snout, 7 to 8 times in length of head, twice in interorbital width ; mouth widely separated from vertical of anterior border of eye ; teeth in 2 or 3 series; 5 or 6 series of scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers rather short, 15 or 16 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVIII-XX 12-13 ; spines weak, increasing in length to the last, which measures | l
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 436 convex upper profile, twice as long as broad, longer than postocular part of head ; eye 3^ to 4 times in length of snout, 7 to 8 times in length of head, twice in interorbital width ; mouth widely separated from vertical of anterior border of eye ; teeth in 2 or 3 series; 5 or 6 series of scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers rather short, 15 or 16 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVIII-XX 12-13 ; spines weak, increasing in length to the last, which measures | length of head ; longest soft rays Fiof. Cham^sochromis esox. Type. about J- length of head. Anal III 10-11 ; third spine nearly as long as and stronger than last dorsal. Pectoral } length of head. Ventral not reaching vent. Caudal ^scaly, feebly but distinctly emarginate. Caudal peduncle 2 to 2| times as long as deep. Scales finely denticulate, 43-45 :]^; lateral lines ijr^. Bright silvery white, except on the back, which is dark green ; a black opercular spot; fins bluish grey, dorsal and anal edged with orange. Total length 370 millim. Lake Nyassa. 1-2. Typt'?;. L. Nviissa. â \. ykcl. Capt. E. Khoadcs (P.). 17. BATHYBATES. Boulong. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. IS'.^S, p. 15, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 429 (1901) ; Pellogr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 3G4 ; Boiileng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1900, p. 5()0. Body elongate ; scales cycloid, small, and irregular. Teeth in jaws fang-like, in 2 to 4 series, the inner depressible, hinged at tlie base ; maxillary bone folding under the pncorbital. Dorsal with 13 to 17. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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