. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 504 SILUIUIME. 5. PHRAC'TURA LONGICAUDA. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 439. Depth of body 14 times in total length, length of head 6| times. Head 1^ as long as broad, the slightly rugose skull covered with very thin skin; snout half length of head, pointed, projecting a little beyond mouth ; space between the two nostrils at nearly equal distance from end of snout and from eye; eye supero-lateral, its diameter 5^ times in leng
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 504 SILUIUIME. 5. PHRAC'TURA LONGICAUDA. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 439. Depth of body 14 times in total length, length of head 6| times. Head 1^ as long as broad, the slightly rugose skull covered with very thin skin; snout half length of head, pointed, projecting a little beyond mouth ; space between the two nostrils at nearly equal distance from end of snout and from eye; eye supero-lateral, its diameter 5^ times in length of head, 1^ in interocular width; maxillary and outer man- dibular barbels subequal, § length of head, inner mandibular \ ; occipital Fig. Phructum lonylcauda. Type. process about twice as long as broad, widely separated from the inter- neural shield. Dorsal I fi, first ray longest, spinulose, as long as head ; second dorsal very small, originating above last rays of anal. Anal II 6, Pectoral slightly longer than head, not reaching root of ventral. Caudal peduncle depressed, very slender, f total length. 25 dorsal and 19 ventral shields, of which 11 are on caudal peduncle, the last 4 united round the latter. Brownish above, speckled with dark brown, white beneath ; fins spotted with blackish. Total length 77 millim. South Cameroon. 1. Type. Mvile R. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 6. PHRACTURA ANSOH&IL Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901, ii. p. 623, pi. xxxvii. fig. 1. Depth of body 10 times in total length, length of head 5 times. Head ]\ times as long as broad, rugose above, covered with thin skin ; a median lidge on the snout, bifurcating towards the interorbital region ;. 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, George Albert, 1858-19
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