. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. The Freshwater /'Yx//- nf South Africa. 529 than postocular part of head, and l£ times as long as eye, which is 4±- times in length of la-ad and l\ times in interorbital width ; nioulli oblique, £ width of head, lips well developed, maxillary reaching vertical of anterior margin of eye; 4 series of scales on cheek, width of scaly part greater than diameter of eye. Grill-rakers short, the largest T-shaped, 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal xv 12 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which

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. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. The Freshwater /'Yx//- nf South Africa. 529 than postocular part of head, and l£ times as long as eye, which is 4±- times in length of la-ad and l\ times in interorbital width ; nioulli oblique, £ width of head, lips well developed, maxillary reaching vertical of anterior margin of eye; 4 series of scales on cheek, width of scaly part greater than diameter of eye. Grill-rakers short, the largest T-shaped, 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal xv 12 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures about f length of head and a little more than : longest soft .: i •?•• X V M H ^^a^^^ii^^V1-* ».) i- ?. 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 South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ]

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