. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. EUTROPIUS. 287 than and nearly equal in length to that of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle as long as or a little longer than deep. Silvery, back brownish ; a dark, ill-defined blotch on each side above the pectoral fin. Total length 280 millim. Upper Congo, Ogowe, Shari. 1. Type. Bolobo. Rev. G. Grenfell (P.). 2-3. Ad. & ligr. Monsembe. Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 4. Ad. Annvimi R. R. B. Woosnam,Esq. (C.) ; Ruwenzori Expedition. 0. EUTROPIUS LIBE
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. EUTROPIUS. 287 than and nearly equal in length to that of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle as long as or a little longer than deep. Silvery, back brownish ; a dark, ill-defined blotch on each side above the pectoral fin. Total length 280 millim. Upper Congo, Ogowe, Shari. 1. Type. Bolobo. Rev. G. Grenfell (P.). 2-3. Ad. & ligr. Monsembe. Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 4. Ad. Annvimi R. R. B. Woosnam,Esq. (C.) ; Ruwenzori Expedition. 0. EUTROPIUS LIBERIENSIS. Hubrecht, Notes Leyd. Mus. iii. 1881, p. G9 ; Steind. op. cit. xvi. 1894, p. 59 ; Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. II. (G) xvii. 189G, p. 27G. Depth of body -1 to 4f times in total length, length of head 5 times. Head l-^^ times as long as broad; snout broad, projecting slightly beyond mouth, as long as or a little shorter than eye, which is perfectly lateral Fig. Eutropius liberiensis. Gaboon. |. and 3 to 3^ times in length of head, 1^ to 1§ times in interorbital width; width of mouth equal to interorbital width; vomero-palatine teeth forming an uninterrupted band, which is as broad as or narrower than the band of prsemaxillary teeth. Nasal barbel \ length of head, maxillary -| to once, inner mandibular \, outer mandibular \ to f. Gill-rakers moderately long, widely set, 9 to ]1 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal I 5-6, partly in advance of ventrals, twice as. 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, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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