. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 128 D. Xir-XIII 18-21 ; Sc. 80-100 }!:~'^ ; second anal .s[)ine longer than longest dorsal; .caudal truncate or feebly eniarginate 1. P. /Hacro/c^>/*-, p. 129. 1. DIAGRAMMA GRTSEUM. Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. v. p. 30G (18(30) ; Giintli. Oat. Fish. i. p. 321 (18:)0) ; Playf. & Giinth. Fish. Zanzib. p. 2(5, pi. iv. fig. 3 (18GG) ; Flayf. Proc. Zool. Soc. 18G7, p. 850; Day, Fish. Ind. p. 81, pi. xxi. fig. 2 (1875), and Suppl. p. 785 (1888) ; Boulen
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 128 D. Xir-XIII 18-21 ; Sc. 80-100 }!:~'^ ; second anal .s[)ine longer than longest dorsal; .caudal truncate or feebly eniarginate 1. P. /Hacro/c^>/*-, p. 129. 1. DIAGRAMMA GRTSEUM. Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. v. p. 30G (18(30) ; Giintli. Oat. Fish. i. p. 321 (18:)0) ; Playf. & Giinth. Fish. Zanzib. p. 2(5, pi. iv. fig. 3 (18GG) ; Flayf. Proc. Zool. Soc. 18G7, p. 850; Day, Fish. Ind. p. 81, pi. xxi. fig. 2 (1875), and Suppl. p. 785 (1888) ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 188i), p. 245. JJiagramjnaja>/akan, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, p. G5G. Depth of body 2\ to 2J times in total length, length of liead ^ to 3^ times. Upper profile of head curved; snout as long as or a little Fijz. Diafjramma (jriseum. After Playfair and Giiuther (/. c). |. longer than eye, which is 2| (young) to 3^ times in length of head and eqnals or a little exceeds interocular width ; mouth extending to below nostrils or anterior border of eye; lips thick ; 4 pits on the chin ; posterior border of praeoperculum ratlier strongly denticulated ; oper- culum with two blunt points; part of snout naked, remainder of head covered with S':ales. 16-17 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIl-XIII 18-21 ; spines rather strong, increasing in length to. 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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