. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. SILURID^. 307 Pectoral a little more than -| length of head. Ventral a little shorter than pectoral, far behind base of dorsal. Caudal feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle IJ times as long as deep. Reddish brown above, spotted Avith blackish, dirty white beneath. Total length 195 millim. Lorian Swamp Basin, British East Africa. 1. Type. Ensso Mai-n, a swift mountain-stream A. B. Percival^ Esq. (P.). flowing into the Lorian Swamp. Distinguished from A. grandis by the pointed sno
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. SILURID^. 307 Pectoral a little more than -| length of head. Ventral a little shorter than pectoral, far behind base of dorsal. Caudal feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle IJ times as long as deep. Reddish brown above, spotted Avith blackish, dirty white beneath. Total length 195 millim. Lorian Swamp Basin, British East Africa. 1. Type. Ensso Mai-n, a swift mountain-stream A. B. Percival^ Esq. (P.). flowing into the Lorian Swamp. Distinguished from A. grandis by the pointed snout, the longer caudal peduncle, and fewer anal rays. oti. AMPHILIUS JACKS0:NII. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) x. 1912, p. 602. Depth of body 7 times in total length, length of head 4| times. Head much depressed, slightly longer than broad ; snout rounded, ^ length of head ; eye small, 6 times in length of head, twice in inter- orbital width ; posterior nostril much nearer eye than end of snout ;. maxillary barbel slightly shorter than head, just reaching root of pectoral ; outer mandibular barbel f length of head, inner \. Gill- rakers rather long, 7 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal I 6, much nearer end of snout than root of caudal. Adipose dorsal 3 times as lono- as deep, Ih times as long as rayed dorsal, twice its distance from latter. Anal III 7. Pectoral as long as head. Ventral as long- as pectoral, well behind base of dorsal, equally distant from end of X 2. 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 Trustees [by Taylor and Francis]
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