. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 157 8a. PETlJOl'EPHALUS IIAULLEVILLI I. Boiik'UK. Ann. Miis. Congo, Zool. ii. 3, p. 5, \>\. xvii. fig. 1 (I'Jl-^. Depth of body o to 3^ times in total length, length of head 3| to -1^ times. Head as long as deep; snout rounded, strongly projecting beyond mouth, as long as eye, which is -i to 5 times in length of head, and neiirly i interorbital width ; width of mouth three times in length of head; teeth bicuspid, 11 to U in upper jaw, 16 to 18 in loAver; nostril near lower border of eye. Do
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 157 8a. PETlJOl'EPHALUS IIAULLEVILLI I. Boiik'UK. Ann. Miis. Congo, Zool. ii. 3, p. 5, \>\. xvii. fig. 1 (I'Jl-^. Depth of body o to 3^ times in total length, length of head 3| to -1^ times. Head as long as deep; snout rounded, strongly projecting beyond mouth, as long as eye, which is -i to 5 times in length of head, and neiirly i interorbital width ; width of mouth three times in length of head; teeth bicuspid, 11 to U in upper jaw, 16 to 18 in loAver; nostril near lower border of eye. Dorsal 18-1^0, about h as long as its distance from head. Anal 27-20, originating well in advance of dorsal. Pectoral pointed, a little shorter than head, extending beyond base of Fi". retrocej^'Ji'ihts hiiiiUeviUii. f. Type. (A. M. C.) ventral. Caudal scaled at the base, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 3 times as long as deep, nearly as long as head. 32-o5 scales in lateral line, yo-% i" transverse series on body, ^ between dorsal and anal, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, speckled with black, the specks more crowded on the head and back ; dorsal and anal uhitisli, brown anteriorly. Total length 70 millim. Chiloango River, Lower Congo. 1-3. Types. Cliiloango U. at Mayili. Dr. W. J. Aiisorge (C). 4-0. Types. Luculla IL, Cliiloango. â 7-8. Types. Lnali H., â » Distinguished from /â '. duhlmaiml by fewer teeth and a more slender and longer caudal i)eduucle. ;i. ISICHTHYS, c;ill. 1. ISRilTllY« lIENliYl, Ciill. Add .â ll'-i;>. H'T. N. 8herbo district, Sierra Leoue. N. W. Tlioniaif, Ei.]. (P.).. 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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