. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. CHRYSICHTUYS. 319 head; outer mandibular barbel 1^ times as long as inner and f length of head. Dorsal I 6, 1^ times as distant from root of caudal as from end of snout; spine striated, not serrated, ^ length of head ; first soft ray longest, § length of head. Adipose dorsal not longer than deep, its base â £ that of rayed dorsal, from which it is separated by a space equal to 7 times its base. Anal 13, 8 rays branched. Pectoral spine \ length of head, strongly serrated on
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. CHRYSICHTUYS. 319 head; outer mandibular barbel 1^ times as long as inner and f length of head. Dorsal I 6, 1^ times as distant from root of caudal as from end of snout; spine striated, not serrated, ^ length of head ; first soft ray longest, § length of head. Adipose dorsal not longer than deep, its base â £ that of rayed dorsal, from which it is separated by a space equal to 7 times its base. Anal 13, 8 rays branched. Pectoral spine \ length of head, strongly serrated on inner side. Caudal deeply forked, with pointed lobes, longest rays about 3 times length of median. Caudal peduncle not quite twice as long as deep. Brown above, whitish beneath. Total length 370 millim. Lake Mweru. 1. Skin, type. L. Mweru. Sir A. Sharpe (P.). 3. CHRYSICHTHYS ACUTIROSTRIS. Giinth. Cat. Fish. v. p. 431 (1864). Depth of body 5£ times in total length, length of head 3^ times. Head but slightly broader than deep, If times as long as broad, its Tig. Chrysichthys acutirostris. Type. |. upper surface rugose; occipital process narrow, extending to the small interneural shield; snout obtusely acuminate, not broader than long, nearly twice as long as eye, which is 4f times in length of head and. 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, George Albert, 1858-1937. London, Printed by order of the Trustees [by Taylor and Francis]
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