. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 194 ADDENDA, VOL. I. 15. DISTICHODUS ROSTRATUS, Gtbr. Pollegr. Poiss. Bass. Tchad, p. 81, fig. (1914). Add :— 27. Hgr. Lagoon at Asaba, Lower Niger. 28-33. Yg. Aboina R., Cross R. 34-35. Yg. Abinsi, Benue R., N. Nigeria. Major G. B. Brace (P.). Capt. B, D. GarJ'ner (P.). Dr. J. M. Dalziel (P.). 17. DISTICHODUS LUSOSSO, Schiltb. Steind. Denkschr. Ak. Wien, Ixxxix. 1913, p. 21. 17«. DISTICHODUS ANSORGII. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) vii. 191
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 194 ADDENDA, VOL. I. 15. DISTICHODUS ROSTRATUS, Gtbr. Pollegr. Poiss. Bass. Tchad, p. 81, fig. (1914). Add :— 27. Hgr. Lagoon at Asaba, Lower Niger. 28-33. Yg. Aboina R., Cross R. 34-35. Yg. Abinsi, Benue R., N. Nigeria. Major G. B. Brace (P.). Capt. B, D. GarJ'ner (P.). Dr. J. M. Dalziel (P.). 17. DISTICHODUS LUSOSSO, Schiltb. Steind. Denkschr. Ak. Wien, Ixxxix. 1913, p. 21. 17«. DISTICHODUS ANSORGII. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) vii. 1911, p. 373. Depth of body 3f to 4J times in total length, length of head 4^ to 5 times. Head longer than deep; snout rounded, not compressed, projecting very slightly beyond mouth, shorter than eye, which is 2J to 2| times in length of head and equals interorbital width; maxillary extending to below nostrils; teeth in a single series, 20 or 22 in each jaw. Dorsal 17-19 (4 unbranched), equally distant from occiput and Fig. Distichodus ansorgii. Type. from caudal, its base equal to its distance from adipose fin, which is not scaly. Anal 11-12 (3-4 unbranched), its base much shorter than that of dorsal. Pectoral about | length of head. Caudal deeply forked, lobes pointed. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or a little longer than f 71 81 deep. Scales 55-62 ^gf, 5J-6 between lateral line and root of ventral. Yellow, speckled with brown above the lateral line, silvery white. 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, George Albert, 1858-1937. London : Printed by order of the Trustees : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Museum (Natural History)
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