. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. GALEICHTHYS.—AEIUS. 38; of head, 4 times in interorbital width; prsemaxillary band of teeth 6 times as long as broad, broader than the crescentic band on the palate ; barbels flattened, maxillary f length of head, outer mandibular not quite i, inner mandibular ^. Gill-rakers rather short, 7 on lower part Fig. GaleicMhi/s atcr. ^. of anterior arch. Dorsal I 7, IJ times as distant from end of snout as from root of caudal, spine ^ length of head, not serrated. Adipose dorsal
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. GALEICHTHYS.—AEIUS. 38; of head, 4 times in interorbital width; prsemaxillary band of teeth 6 times as long as broad, broader than the crescentic band on the palate ; barbels flattened, maxillary f length of head, outer mandibular not quite i, inner mandibular ^. Gill-rakers rather short, 7 on lower part Fig. GaleicMhi/s atcr. ^. of anterior arch. Dorsal I 7, IJ times as distant from end of snout as from root of caudal, spine ^ length of head, not serrated. Adipose dorsal 1| times as long as rayed dorsal, If times its distance from latter. Anal 17 (12 rays branched). Pectoral spine a little longer than dorsal, feebly serrated on outer side. Caudal notched, with very short, obtuse lobes. Caudal peduncle not quite twice as long as deep. Blackish green above, lighter beneath ; fins black. Total length 360 millim. Cape of Good Hope. 1. Ad. Cape of Good Hope. Dr. J. D. F. Gilclirist (P.). 27. ARIUS. Cuv. & Vul. Hist. Polss. XV. p. 5.'^ (1840), i)art. ; Mull. & Trosch. Hor. Ichthyol. iii. p. 6 (1849); Bleek. Nederl. Tijdsclir. Dierk. i. 1863, p. 91 ; Giintli. Cat. Fish. V. p. 138 (1864), part.; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 298 (1901). Ariodes, Miill. & Trosch. 1. c. Pseudanus, Bleek. 1. c. Body moderately elongate, not or but feebly compressed. Dorsal and. 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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