. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. CHRYSICllTHTS. 333 tlmev«?. Head much depressed, 1:| to 1^ times as long as broad, ru<i^ose and striated above; occipital process rather broad, in contact with inter- neural shield; snout broadly rounded, projecting very slightly beyond lower jaw, 2 to 3 times diameter of eye, which is 6 to 9 times in length of head and 2 to 5 times in interocular width ; width of mouth once and "i to twice in length of head; prgemaxillary band of teeth curved, G to 8 times as long as br
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. CHRYSICllTHTS. 333 tlmev«?. Head much depressed, 1:| to 1^ times as long as broad, ru<i^ose and striated above; occipital process rather broad, in contact with inter- neural shield; snout broadly rounded, projecting very slightly beyond lower jaw, 2 to 3 times diameter of eye, which is 6 to 9 times in length of head and 2 to 5 times in interocular width ; width of mouth once and "i to twice in length of head; prgemaxillary band of teeth curved, G to 8 times as long as broad; vomero-pterygoid teeth forming a long and broad band narrowly interrupted in the middle ; nasal barbel as Fig. Chrysich thi/fi era a eh il. Tjpe. i. long as or a little longer than eye ; maxillary barbel f to once length of head; outer mandibular barbel longer than inner, ^ to f length of head. Gill-rakeis moderate, 10-13 on loAver part of anterior arch. Dorsal 1 6, !ig^ to 1^ times as distant from end of snout and from root of caudal ; spine rugose but not serrated, about h length of head ; first and second soft rays longest, f to f length of head. Adipose fin 1^ times as long as deep, its base a little shorter than or nearly equal to tliat of the dorsal and ^ or a little less than ^ its distance from the latter. Anal 12--14, 8-10 rays branched. Pectoral spine about h length of head, very feebly denticulate on both sides in the adult, strongly serrated on inner side in the young, ('audal deeply notched, longest rays 2 to 2^ times the median. Caudal peduncle 1^ to li times as long as deep. Dark brown above, white beneath. Total length 1000 millim. Congo and i^ake 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, 185
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