Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . Total length 380 millim. Congo.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1-2. Ad. & ligr., two o£ Upoto, Upper Congo. the Yg. 6. Hgr. 7. Yg. Banzyville, , Lower Con20. Capt. Wilverth (C). Capt. Royanx (C).M. De Meuse (C).M. P. Delliez (C).Rev. J. Pinnock (C^). 29. GNATHONEMUS Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. p. 25, pi. vii. fig. 4 (1002). Depth of body 4J to 4f times in total length, length of head 3,^ to 3Jtimes. Snout produced into a long, strong
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . Total length 380 millim. Congo.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1-2. Ad. & ligr., two o£ Upoto, Upper Congo. the Yg. 6. Hgr. 7. Yg. Banzyville, , Lower Con20. Capt. Wilverth (C). Capt. Royanx (C).M. De Meuse (C).M. P. Delliez (C).Rev. J. Pinnock (C^). 29. GNATHONEMUS Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. p. 25, pi. vii. fig. 4 (1002). Depth of body 4J to 4f times in total length, length of head 3,^ to 3Jtimes. Snout produced into a long, strongly compressed and curvedtube, the length of which equals 2J to 3 times that of postocular part ofbead and 8 to 10 times its least depth; a compressed mental appendage, QNATHOJSEMUS. 123 measuring J diameter of eye; teeth conical, 6-8 in upper jaw, 4 in lower;eye rather large. Dorsal 32-33, originating above 6th or 7th ray of anal,its length once and f in its distance from head. Anal 36-37, a littlenearer base of caudal than base of ventral. Pectoral pointed, as long as Fig. GnatJionemus (A. M. C). f. head without rostrum, nearly reaching end of ventral. Caudal partlycovered with scales, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 3 times as 18 long as deep, shorter than pectoral. 77-82 scales in lateral line, 2^j in transverse series between dorsal andDark brown; two blackish vertical in transverse series on body, jg^^ anal, 16 round caudal peduncle. bands, separated by a light interspace, between dorsal and anal; fins blackish. Total length 150 millim. Ubanghi.—Type in Congo Museum, One of the types. Banzyville. Capt. Rojaux (C). 30. GNATHONEMUS CURVIROSTRIS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Conoo, Zool. i. p. 13, pi. vi. fig. 1 (1898), Proc. Zool. , p. 811, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 106 (1901). Depth of body 4f times in total length, length of head 3J profile of head descending in a strong curve; snout much pro-longed, tubiform, strongly compr
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