. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. GO Depth of body 3^ to 4^ times in total length, length of head 3-j to 3f times. Head flat above; snout short and broad, nearly as long as eye; mouth directed upwards, lower jaAv projecting; eye of to 4 times in length of head, twice in interorbital width ; prsBorbital not more than -} diameter of eye. Dorsal 9-10, originating twice as far from centre or anterior border of eye as from root of caudal, above middle of anal; longest ray f to f length of head in fem
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. GO Depth of body 3^ to 4^ times in total length, length of head 3-j to 3f times. Head flat above; snout short and broad, nearly as long as eye; mouth directed upwards, lower jaAv projecting; eye of to 4 times in length of head, twice in interorbital width ; prsBorbital not more than -} diameter of eye. Dorsal 9-10, originating twice as far from centre or anterior border of eye as from root of caudal, above middle of anal; longest ray f to f length of head in female, antepenultimate produced into a long filament in male. Anal 12-13, the antepenultimate ray pro- duced into a very long filament in male. Pectoral | to | length of head, '.^^ Fij?. 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, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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