. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Fishes. 85. I'ELOXROJ'HDS. 321 Month oblique, wide, the maxillary extending beyond the vertical from the centre of the eye. Infraorbital l)ones very broad, espe- cially the third, which is very large, although it does not quite reach the pra^opercular margin. The last dorsal ray is vertically abov^e the origin of the anal fin. The last six or eight anal rays arc short,. only half as long as the ray preceding them. Caudal deeply forked. Pectoral long, shorter than the head, and not reaching the root of the ventra
. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Fishes. 85. I'ELOXROJ'HDS. 321 Month oblique, wide, the maxillary extending beyond the vertical from the centre of the eye. Infraorbital l)ones very broad, espe- cially the third, which is very large, although it does not quite reach the pra^opercular margin. The last dorsal ray is vertically abov^e the origin of the anal fin. The last six or eight anal rays arc short,. only half as long as the ray preceding them. Caudal deeply forked. Pectoral long, shorter than the head, and not reaching the root of the ventrals. Scales thin, with numerous radiating striaj. There are six longitudinal series of scales between the lateral Kne and the root of the ventral fin. Uniform silvery. Lake Nyassa. a. Skin, 20 inches long, type of the species. Presented by Dr. Kirk. 6. Skin, young. Presented by Dr. Kirk. 2. Pelotroph'us microceplialTis. Giinth. I. c. D. 13. A. 19. V. 9-10. L. lat. 47. L. transv. 9/5. The height of the body is a little more than the length of the head, which,is two-elevenths of the total (without caudal). The diameter of the eye is one-fifth (in young examples) or one-eighth (in old ones) of the length of the head, and about one-half of that of the snout. Mouth oblique, rather wide, the maxillary extending some- what behind the vertical from the centre of the eye. Infraorbital bone, not reaching the pneopercular margin. The last dorsal ray is vertically above the anterior anal rays. The last six anal rays very short; caudal fin deeply iorked. Pectoral fin of moderate length, nearly as long as the head, terminating at a great distance from the ventral. Scales rather thin, with numerous radiating stria3. There arc two longitudinal series of scales between the lateral line and tbe root of the ventral fin. The cutaneous sheath of each scale blackish. Lake Nyassa. a. Skin, 15 inches long, type of the species. Presented by Dr. Kirk. h-c. Skins, 11-14 inches long. Presented by Dr. Kirk.
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