. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 100 1. POLYCENTROPSIS ABBREVIATA. Bouleng. 1. c. pi. iii. fig. 2 ; Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Philom. (9) ix. 1907, p. 34. Depth of body twice in total length, length of head 1\ to 1\ times. Snout acutely pointed, chin projecting ; eye as long as or a little longer than snout or interorbital width, nearly 3 to %\ times in length of head ; maxillary extending to below centre or posterior third of eye ; 6 to 9 series of scales on the cheek. 9 t
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 100 1. POLYCENTROPSIS ABBREVIATA. Bouleng. 1. c. pi. iii. fig. 2 ; Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Philom. (9) ix. 1907, p. 34. Depth of body twice in total length, length of head 1\ to 1\ times. Snout acutely pointed, chin projecting ; eye as long as or a little longer than snout or interorbital width, nearly 3 to %\ times in length of head ; maxillary extending to below centre or posterior third of eye ; 6 to 9 series of scales on the cheek. 9 to 11 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch, shorter than gill-laminae. Dorsal XV-XVII 9-11; spines increasing in length to the fourth or fifth and decreasing from the seventh or eighth, longest \ length of head and a little longer than soft rays. Anal IX-XII 8-9. Pectoral \ length of head. Ventral longer, produced into a filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal. Polycentropsis abbreviata. Type (P. Z. S. 1901). truncate. Caudal peduncle extremely short. Scales 31-35 j^^; lateral line 4-6. Pinkish brown, uniform or marbled with darker; spinous dorsal and anal dark brown, with darker and lighter spots and edged with black ; ventrals blackish; soft dorsal and anal, and caudal white, blackish, edged with pink, at the base. Total length 80 millim. Lagos, Niger, Ogowe. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 1. Type. Mouth of Ethiop R., Niger Delta. 2. Skel. » >> » 3-6. Ad. & hgr. Oguta. Low. Niger. 7. Yg. Abo, „ 8. Ad. Assay, 9-10. Ad. Low. Niger. 11. Hgr. Lagos. J. S. Budget*, Esq. (P.). Mr. J. Paul Arnold (P.). Sir A. Moloney (P.).. 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, George Albert, 1858-1937. London : Printed by order of the T
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