. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 254 SILURIDjE. than interorbital width; band of prsemaxillary teeth about 4 times as long as broad; vomerine teeth conical, forming a crescentic band which is longer and a little broader than the band of prsemaxillary teeth ; nasal barbel as long as or a little longer than head ; maxillary barbel H to If times length of head, reaching ventral or between pectoral and ventral; outer mandibular barbel 1^ to 1J times as long as inner and about 1^ length of head. Gill-rakers moder
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 254 SILURIDjE. than interorbital width; band of prsemaxillary teeth about 4 times as long as broad; vomerine teeth conical, forming a crescentic band which is longer and a little broader than the band of prsemaxillary teeth ; nasal barbel as long as or a little longer than head ; maxillary barbel H to If times length of head, reaching ventral or between pectoral and ventral; outer mandibular barbel 1^ to 1J times as long as inner and about 1^ length of head. Gill-rakers moderate, 14 or 15 on anterior arch. Clavicles hidden under the skin. Dorsal 65-78, Fig. Clarias alluaudi. Type (). 4. its distance from occipital process about J length of head, extending to root of caudal. Anal 55-62, extending to root of caudal. Pectoral ^ length of head, the spine serrated on both sides and about § the length of the fin. Ventral 1^ times as distant from root of caudal as from end of snout. Caudal about \ as long as head. Blackish brown above, lighter bi-own beneath. Total length 230 millim. Lake Victoria. 1. Type. 2. Type. 3-4. Types. Kavirondo Bay. Entebbe. Bunjako. M. Alluaud (G.) ; Paris Museum (E.). Mr. E. Degen(C). 23. CLARIAS WERNERI. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 190(5, p. 5U9 ; Werner, Sitzb. Ak. Wien, cxv. i. 1906, p. 1135, pi. iv. ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 297, pi. liii. fig. 3 (1907), and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 10S4. Depth of body 6^ to 8 times in total length, length of head 4^ to 5 times. Head about 1£ times as long as broad, smooth or very feebly. 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 [by Taylor and Francis]
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