. Catalogue of the fishes in the ... Museum. ^. South American species. 3(». Alius milberti. Arius milberti, Cut: ^ V(d. xv. p. 74; Hyrtl, Denkschr. Acad. Wks. Wivn, 1859, xvi. p. 17. D. 1/7. A. 18. P. 1/10. Vert. 19/83. The height of the body is contained five times and a half in the total length (^vithout caudal), the length of the head thrice and two- thirds ; head depressed, much broader than high, its greatest width being eijual to its length without snout. Eyes situated much nearer to the end of the snout than to that of the opcrcle. Teeth on the vomer in two small, separate groups, M'hi
. Catalogue of the fishes in the ... Museum. ^. South American species. 3(». Alius milberti. Arius milberti, Cut: ^ V(d. xv. p. 74; Hyrtl, Denkschr. Acad. Wks. Wivn, 1859, xvi. p. 17. D. 1/7. A. 18. P. 1/10. Vert. 19/83. The height of the body is contained five times and a half in the total length (^vithout caudal), the length of the head thrice and two- thirds ; head depressed, much broader than high, its greatest width being eijual to its length without snout. Eyes situated much nearer to the end of the snout than to that of the opcrcle. Teeth on the vomer in two small, separate groups, M'hich are either separate from, or continuous with, the much larger rounded patches of palatine teetli. All the teeth \illiform. The maxillary barbels extend to, or nearly to, the end of the operculum ; the outer ones of the mandible are half as long as the head. Crown of the head granulated ; occipital process rather broader than Ion". tri- angular, with a ridge along tlie middle : the basal bone of the dorsal. 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). Department of Zoology. [Fish]; Günther, Albert C. L. G. (Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf), 1830-1914.
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