. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 42 G0I3I1D,E. 1. GOBIOIDES ANSORGII. Boulcnrr. Ann. .t M:ig. N. H. (8) iv. 1009, p. 4:51. Depth of body 8 to 10 times in total length, length of head 6 to 7 times. Snout J length of head; eye very small; lower jaw pro- minent ; maxillary extending to beyond vertical of eye ; very regular series of sensory papilliB on the head. Dorsal VI-VII 19-21, rays subequal, f length of head. Caudal nearly twice as long as head, acutely pointed. Scales very small. Head and back greyish, the rest of the body yellowish
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 42 G0I3I1D,E. 1. GOBIOIDES ANSORGII. Boulcnrr. Ann. .t M:ig. N. H. (8) iv. 1009, p. 4:51. Depth of body 8 to 10 times in total length, length of head 6 to 7 times. Snout J length of head; eye very small; lower jaw pro- minent ; maxillary extending to beyond vertical of eye ; very regular series of sensory papilliB on the head. Dorsal VI-VII 19-21, rays subequal, f length of head. Caudal nearly twice as long as head, acutely pointed. Scales very small. Head and back greyish, the rest of the body yellowish ; fins white. Total length 280 millim. 11. Mansoa (tidal), Portuguese Guinea. 1-;'.. Typos. Port Mansoa. Dr. W. .1. Ansorge ((.'.). Fig. Gohioidt'S (nisoi-fjii. Type. |. :.. SICYDIUM. Cuv. & Val. Hist. Pois.*. xil. p. 167 (18:57) ; Giintli. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 01 (18G1) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Proc. Zool. Soc 1884. p. \:}:\. Siojopterus, Gill, Proc. Ac. Philad. 18G0, p. 101. ("oti/Iojms, Guichen. in Maillard, Notes Reunion, ii. Add. t', p. 0 (1802). Small, movable, slender labial teeth in both jaws, attached to ihe bone by ligament, those on the lower lip directed horizontally outwards; lower jaw witli a series of widely set conical teeth. Two dorsal fins, the anterior with 5 to 7 flexible spines, the posterior witli one simple and 10 to 12 branched rays. Anal similar to second dorsal. Ventral fins united into a cup-shaped disk, more or less adherent to the belly. Scales small, strongly ciliated. Fresh waters near the sea, witliin the tropics; breeding in the sea. Five species in 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 Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937; British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology. Lond.
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