. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. :]o8 a Jittle nearer eye than end of snout; maxillary barbel f to | length of head, reaching or nearly reaching posterior border of head; outer mandibular barbel J to f length of head, inner about f. Gill-rakers moderately long, 7 or 8 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal I 6, much nearer end of snout than root of caudal. Adipose dorsal low, about twice as long as rayed dorsal, its length about f to f its distance from latter. Anal III 6. Pectoral nearly as long as
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. :]o8 a Jittle nearer eye than end of snout; maxillary barbel f to | length of head, reaching or nearly reaching posterior border of head; outer mandibular barbel J to f length of head, inner about f. Gill-rakers moderately long, 7 or 8 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal I 6, much nearer end of snout than root of caudal. Adipose dorsal low, about twice as long as rayed dorsal, its length about f to f its distance from latter. Anal III 6. Pectoral nearly as long as head. Ventral a little shorter than pectoral, far behind base of dorsal. Caudal with crescentic emargination. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. Brownish above, uniform or spotted or marbled with darker; dorsal and caudal more or less distinctly spotted with brown. Total length 85 millim. East Africa, westwards to Lakes Tanganyika and Nyassa. 1-4. Types. 5. Hgr. G-7. Ad. 8-l». Ad. 10-12. Hur. &vi Sierra Leone (?). Bubu R., German E. Africa. Marshes near Mbeti, L. Tan- ganyika. Between KonJowe and Ki- ronga, L. Nyassa. K. Biio, Brit. C. Africa. Dr. A. Giinther (P.). Prof. 0. Neumann (C). Prof. J. (C). A. Whyte, Esq. (C); Sir (P.). 5. AMPHILIUS HARGERI. Boulcng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xx. 1907, p. 488. ri-. ADipJiilius haraeri. Type, f.^ Depth of body 5i times in total length, length of head 43 times. Head much depressed, slightly longer than broad; snout broadly rounded, nearly J length of head; eye very small, 9 times in length of. 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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