. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 118 ray very strong, bony, strongly serrated, as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, reaching ventral; base of latter entirely in advance of dorsal. Scales radiately striated, 33 p5 2^-3 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, back brownish. Total length 90 millim. Kingani River, German East Africa.—Types, in Berlin Museum, examined. 105. BARBUS MATTOZI. Gui
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 118 ray very strong, bony, strongly serrated, as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, reaching ventral; base of latter entirely in advance of dorsal. Scales radiately striated, 33 p5 2^-3 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, back brownish. Total length 90 millim. Kingani River, German East Africa.—Types, in Berlin Museum, examined. 105. BARBUS MATTOZI. Guimaraes, Jorn. Sci. Lisb. x. 1881, p. 7, pi. ii. fig. 1. Depth of body 3| times in total length, length of head 3f times. Snout pointed, 3J times in length of head ; eye 6 times in length of Filar. Barhvs maiiozi. Type, after Guimaraes (I. c). w head, interorbital width 3J times; mouth terminal, chin slightly projecting; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior \ diameter of eye, posterior as long ns eye. Dorsal IV^ 8, equally distant from anterior border of eye and from root of caudal, border slightly concave; last simple ray very strong, bony, serrated, a little shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral nearly reaching ventral; base of latter entirely in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Scales 33 p, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, brownish on the back. Total length 256 millim. Coroca River, Angola.—Type in Lisbon 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 : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Museum (Natural
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