Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . / lisha Day (Fish. Ind.). |. of last ray of dorsal. Pectoral about f length of head. Caudal dce[)lyforked, witli pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 43-45scales in longitudinal scries, 13-14 in transverse series; 18-19 keeledscutes between isthmus and ventrals, 8-9 between ventrals and or golden, bluish on the back. Total length 150 millim. East coast of Africa to Malay Archipelago, entering rivers. 1-2. Skins. Kingani It. Sir L. Fhiyfair ((.). 3. Ad. Zanzibar. „ y,
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . / lisha Day (Fish. Ind.). |. of last ray of dorsal. Pectoral about f length of head. Caudal dce[)lyforked, witli pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 43-45scales in longitudinal scries, 13-14 in transverse series; 18-19 keeledscutes between isthmus and ventrals, 8-9 between ventrals and or golden, bluish on the back. Total length 150 millim. East coast of Africa to Malay Archipelago, entering rivers. 1-2. Skins. Kingani It. Sir L. Fhiyfair ((.). 3. Ad. Zanzibar. „ y, 2 164 6. CHANOS. Lacep. Hi,<t. Poiss. v. p. 395 (1803) ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 473 (1868); Bleek Atlas Ichth. vi. p. 81 (1872).Lutodeira (van Hasselt), Kiipp. Fiscbe R. Meer. p. 17 (1828).Scoliostomvs, Rupp. 1. c. Mouth small; no teeth ; maxillary rather small. Eye entirely coveredby a transparent adipose lid. Gill-membranes entirely united, but freefrom the isthmus ; branchiostegal rays 4. Body compressed, bellyrounded ; scales small, longitudinally striated; late
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