. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. '^<b silurid.'l:. rather strong serrae on inner side. Ventral not reaching anal. Caudal rounded (?j. Dark brown above, whitish beneath. Total length 165 millim. Ubanghi.—Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 7. AUCHENOGLANIS PUNCTATUS. Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, i. p. 267, pi. xxix. fig. 1. Depth of body o times in total length, length of head B times. Head smooth, 1^ times as long as broad ; snout pointed, h length of head ; eye 6 times in length of head, hardly twice in int
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. '^<b silurid.'l:. rather strong serrae on inner side. Ventral not reaching anal. Caudal rounded (?j. Dark brown above, whitish beneath. Total length 165 millim. Ubanghi.—Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 7. AUCHENOGLANIS PUNCTATUS. Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, i. p. 267, pi. xxix. fig. 1. Depth of body o times in total length, length of head B times. Head smooth, 1^ times as long as broad ; snout pointed, h length of head ; eye 6 times in length of head, hardly twice in interocular width ; width of mouth more than half that of the head; lips wide, papillose; })r8Bmaxillary teeth forming a short and narrow band, the mandibulars two rounded groups ; maxillary barbel as long as head, reaching middle of pectoral spine ; outer mandibular barbel 1§ times length of head, inner ^; occipital process small, as long as eye, separated from the interneural shield, which is very small. Humeral process small, pointed. Dorsal I 7; spine smooth, f length of head. Adipose dorsal 4 times as long as deep, nearly reaching caudal, narrowly separated from rayed dorsal. Pectoral spine half as long as head, its inner edge strongly Fi- Auchenoylaius piuictatiis. Type(P. Z. S. J'JU2). serrated. Ventral not reaching anal. Anal 10 (7 rays branched). Caudal rounded. Pale brownish, with seven indistinct darker bars, each accompanied by a vertical series of black dots ; belly white ; dorsal and caudal fins witli traasverse scries of dark spots. Total length 80 millim. Lindi River, Upper Congo.— lype in Brussels 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, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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