. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. CHEYSICHTHYS. 9. CHRYSICHTHYS BREVIBARBIS. Chrysohagrm brevibarbis, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 40, pi. xxi. fig. 1 (1899). Chrysichthys brevibarbis, Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 290 (1901). Depth of body 4-J to 5 times in total length, length of head of times. Head much depressed, If to 1\ times as long as broad, feebly striated and granulated on the occiput; occipital process in contact with inter- neural shield ; snout truncate, projecting slightly beyond lowe
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. CHEYSICHTHYS. 9. CHRYSICHTHYS BREVIBARBIS. Chrysohagrm brevibarbis, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 40, pi. xxi. fig. 1 (1899). Chrysichthys brevibarbis, Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 290 (1901). Depth of body 4-J to 5 times in total length, length of head of times. Head much depressed, If to 1\ times as long as broad, feebly striated and granulated on the occiput; occipital process in contact with inter- neural shield ; snout truncate, projecting slightly beyond lower jaw, its length nearly £ of head ; eye 3 (young) to 5 times in length of head, \ to | interorbital width ; width of mouth 3 times in length of head; pra> maxillary band of teeth feebly curved, 4 to 6 times as long as broad ; two short bands of vomerine teeth, separated by a narrow interspace ; Fie. 4fek^ Chrysichthys brevibarbis. Type (A. M. C). j. nasal barbel not J diameter of eye ; maxillary barbel slightly longer than head; outer mandibular barbel about once and -J as long as inner. Gill- rakers moderate, 17 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal I 6, ly to If times as distant from root of caudal as from end of snout; spine a little shorter than head, smooth or feebly serrated behind; first soft ray longest, nearly as long as head. Adipose fin twice as long as deep, its base equal to that of rayed dorsal, from which it is separated by a space equal to 1| to 2 times its length. Anal 12, 9 rays branched. Pectoral spine I- length of head, strongly serrated on inner side. Caudal deeply forked ; lobes long and pointed, outer rays 3 times as long as median. Caudal peduncle about twice as long as deep. Uniform brownish. Total length 440 millim. Congo.—Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. Hgr. Monsembe, Upp. Congo. Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colorat
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