Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . 1898, p. 811, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 107 (1901). Depth of body 4f to 5 times in total length, length of head 2f to 2Jtimes. Upper profile of head convex ; snout produced into an extremelylong, compressed tube, feebly curved downwards, its length, in the adult,5 to 5| times postocular part of head, and 20 times its least depth,which equals diameter of eye ; latter f interorbital width ; lower jawwith a compressed dermal appendage nearly as long as eye; teethconical, 7 in upper jaw, 4 or 6 in lower. Do
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . 1898, p. 811, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 107 (1901). Depth of body 4f to 5 times in total length, length of head 2f to 2Jtimes. Upper profile of head convex ; snout produced into an extremelylong, compressed tube, feebly curved downwards, its length, in the adult,5 to 5| times postocular part of head, and 20 times its least depth,which equals diameter of eye ; latter f interorbital width ; lower jawwith a compressed dermal appendage nearly as long as eye; teethconical, 7 in upper jaw, 4 or 6 in lower. Dorsal 27-o4, originatingabove 8th or 9th ray of anal, its length 1| to 1| times in its distancefrom head. Anal 29-37, equally distant from base of ventral and frombase of caudal. Pectoral pointed, less than J length of head, almost twiceas long as ventral, and extending almost to extremity of latter. Caudal GNATHONEMUS.—GENYOMYEUS. ^ 125 scaled, with obtusely pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 3 times as longas deep, J to J length of head. 76-81 scales in lateral line, 24125 i^ Fiff.
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