. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 18 longitudinal series, o2-3o between dorsal and anal. Brown, whitish beneath ; fins i)urplisli, lower border of anal and caudal, and outer border of ventrals white ; a more or less distinct dark spot or ocellus on the upper part of the caudal tin near its base. Total length 100 millim. Rivers of West Africa, from Portuguese Guinea to tiie mouth of the Congo.—Tyjie in Stuttgart Museum. ]. Ad. (jiuitial, I'oitiif;-. (itiiiicii. I >r. W. .1. Aiisor;ie (('.). 2-:'). liyr. Cross 1{. (li^tii
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 18 longitudinal series, o2-3o between dorsal and anal. Brown, whitish beneath ; fins i)urplisli, lower border of anal and caudal, and outer border of ventrals white ; a more or less distinct dark spot or ocellus on the upper part of the caudal tin near its base. Total length 100 millim. Rivers of West Africa, from Portuguese Guinea to tiie mouth of the Congo.—Tyjie in Stuttgart Museum. ]. Ad. (jiuitial, I'oitiif;-. (itiiiicii. I >r. W. .1. Aiisor;ie (('.). 2-:'). liyr. Cross 1{. (li^tiit-r. Old .Major W. A. Crawford (P.). CalalKir. 4-;i. Ad. i^ ligr. Ik-nito Spani.^li (uiiiiea. G. L. Hates, Es(i. (C). in. II. Ad. Banana. Colij;(.. M . I'. 1 )rlli,-/. ( C.). IV. 11'.. Eleulris vitloln. Tyjn' ol' l-'.holris nexft/ahiisis, after .Steindta-lmt-r (/. c). J. 12. ELEOTHIS VITTATA. FAeotrh maculata (non Bloch), A. Diuii. Arch. Mus. x. 1800, p. 248, \,]. xxi. fig. 3. Khotris vittata, A. Dum, t. c. p. 249, pi. xxi. fig. 4. Eleotvis (CiiHus) aenefjalensin, Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wion, Ix. i. , p. '.)4!). jd. ii. figs. 1 & 2. Eleotris (Cidhis) tlaffaneusis, Steind. t. c. ]>. i'.'>l. pi. ii. fig-^. 3-.'). Kleotris dwnerUu, Sauv. Bull. Sec. Philom. (7) iv. 1880, p. 52. Eleotris {Culius) liittikoferi, Steind. Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 18'.'4, p. 27, pi. ii. fig. 2. ? Eleotris (Culhis) pisonif (non (Jnitd.), Steind. 1. c. Body feebly compressed, its depth 3| to 4f times in total length ; length of head 2f to 3 times. Head longer than broad, scaly above ironi between the eyes; a groove on each side behind the eye; cheek. 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 Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937; British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology. Lond.
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