Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . )1. xiv. fig. 3 ; Svvinnerton, Zool. Jahrl)., Anat. , p. 58, figs. Depth of body CJ to 8 times in total length, length of head 5 to 6times. Snout rounded, projecting strongly beyond mouth, the widthof which is about 6 times in length of head; diameter of eye about5 times in length of h(^ad. Dorsal 9-10, 3 or 4 rays rudimentary, Fig. Cromeria X 2. 5 branched, opposite to the space between ventrals and anal, abouttwice as distant from end of snout as from base of caudal; long
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . )1. xiv. fig. 3 ; Svvinnerton, Zool. Jahrl)., Anat. , p. 58, figs. Depth of body CJ to 8 times in total length, length of head 5 to 6times. Snout rounded, projecting strongly beyond mouth, the widthof which is about 6 times in length of head; diameter of eye about5 times in length of h(^ad. Dorsal 9-10, 3 or 4 rays rudimentary, Fig. Cromeria X 2. 5 branched, opposite to the space between ventrals and anal, abouttwice as distant from end of snout as from base of caudal; longestrays J to f length of head. Anal 9-10, 3 or 4 rays rudimentary,5 branched, similar to the dorsal, nearly equally distant from ventralsand from base of caudal. Pectoral j or -J as long as head, longer than 174 — ventral. Caudal forked, with a deep cresceiitic notch, the lobespointed. Caudal peduncle 1^ to If times as long as deep, with afold of skin above and below, extending from caudal nearly to dorsaland anal fins. Colourless, except a bright yellow stripe dotted mthblack along the dorsal line and the lower edge of the caudal peduncle,and a blackish line along each side of the caudal peduncle. Total length 32 millim. White Types. Fasbod;i. L. Loat, Esq. (C). 7-13. Types. Lake No. Suborder II. O S T A RI O P H Y S I. Air-bladder, if well developed, communicating with the digestivetract b
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