. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. STEATOCRANUS. 283 9. STEATOCRANUS. Boulen^, Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 52 (1899), Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 141, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 481 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 350. Body moderately elongate ; scales cycloid ; two incomplete lateral lines. Two widely separated series of notched teeth in both jaws, the outer larger, with one or two pairs of larger, truncate, incisor-liUe teeth at the symphysis; maxillary exposed. An adipose crest or swelli
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. STEATOCRANUS. 283 9. STEATOCRANUS. Boulen^, Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 52 (1899), Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 141, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 481 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 350. Body moderately elongate ; scales cycloid ; two incomplete lateral lines. Two widely separated series of notched teeth in both jaws, the outer larger, with one or two pairs of larger, truncate, incisor-liUe teeth at the symphysis; maxillary exposed. An adipose crest or swelling along the vertex and occiput. Dorsal with 19 or 20 spines, anal with 3. Vertebrae 30 (16 + 14). Congo. 1. STEATOCRANUS GIBBICEPS. Boulcng. 11. cc, Ann. pi. xxviii. fig. 1 ; Pellegr. Depth of body 3^ to 3f times in total length, length of head 3 times. FiiT. Steaiocranus yibhiceps, Type(A. M. C). |. Head twice as long as broad ; snout as long as broad, with slightly convex upper profile, nearly twice as long as eye, which is 4^ to 5 times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth extending to below nostril; cheek naked. Gill-rakers very short, 7 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIX-XX 8 ; last spine longest, f length of head ; soft rays more or less produced, the longest sometimes exceeding length of head. Anal III 6. Pectoral f to | length of head. Ventral not reaching vent. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales 32-35 j^; lateral lines jy_\i. Brown, darker above, the scales with darker edges. Total length 80 millim. Congo.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. Type. Matadi. Capt. Wilverth (C). i. Stanley Pool. M. De ]\Ieiise (C.).. 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, 18
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