. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. MASTACEMBELUS. iliO along the upper surface of the head, from betweefl the eyes, followed by a vertebral series of spots ; a dark band on each side of the head, passing through the eye, widening on the temple, and sometimes prolonged on the body above the lateral line; a series of large brown spots along the base of the dorsal and anal fins; lower parts whitish, uniform or spotted or marbled with brown. Total length '260 millim. Lake Nyassa and Upper Shire River. Upper Shire
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. MASTACEMBELUS. iliO along the upper surface of the head, from betweefl the eyes, followed by a vertebral series of spots ; a dark band on each side of the head, passing through the eye, widening on the temple, and sometimes prolonged on the body above the lateral line; a series of large brown spots along the base of the dorsal and anal fins; lower parts whitish, uniform or spotted or marbled with brown. Total length '260 millim. Lake Nyassa and Upper Shire River. Upper Shire R. 1-2. Types. 3-5. Ad. & yg. 6. Hot. 7-8. Ad. & lior. Fort Joliiistoii. Coast of L. Nyassa. L. Nyassa between Koii- dowe and Karanoa. A. Wliyte, Esq. (C).; Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). Dr. Percy Kendall (C.).; Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). Universities Mission. A. Whyte, Esq. (C.) ; Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). Fig. JIasiacembelus shiranus. Type. |. 18. MASTAt'EMBELUS NIGROMARGINATUS. Bouleiig. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 18D8, p. 23. Depth of body 12 to 15 times in total length, length of head 7 to 8^ times. Vent slightly nearer caudal than end of snout, its distance from head 2f to 3 times length of latter. Snout 3 to 4 times as long as eye, ending in an appendage which is 1^ (o 2 times as long as eye ; mouth extending to below anterior border or anterior third of eye; no prseorbital or prseopercular spines. Dorsal XXVII-XXIX 95-100; spines increasing in length to the last, which is 1^ length of eye ; distance between first spine and head ^ length of latter. Anal 11 85-90. Caudal rounded. Pectoral f length of head. Scales very small, 23-25 VOL. IV. ^. 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 orde
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