. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 328 SILTJEID^E. rounded; eye 4 (young) to 5^ times in length of head, If to 2f times in interocular width; mouth inferior, its width If to 2 times in length of head; prgemaxillary band of teeth straight, 2^ to 3 times as long as broad; vomero-pterygoid teeth forming a narrow band narrowly inter- rupted in the middle; nasal barbel f to J diameter of eye; maxillary barbel § length of head; mandibular barbels shorter, outer If to 1J times inner. Gill-rakers short, 10-12 on lower
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 328 SILTJEID^E. rounded; eye 4 (young) to 5^ times in length of head, If to 2f times in interocular width; mouth inferior, its width If to 2 times in length of head; prgemaxillary band of teeth straight, 2^ to 3 times as long as broad; vomero-pterygoid teeth forming a narrow band narrowly inter- rupted in the middle; nasal barbel f to J diameter of eye; maxillary barbel § length of head; mandibular barbels shorter, outer If to 1J times inner. Gill-rakers short, 10-12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal I 6, 1^ to lj times as distant from root of caudal as from end of snout; spine strong, feebly serrated behind, about ^ length of head ; first soft ray longest, not produced, shorter than head; adipose fin longer than base of rayed dorsal, as long as or slightly shorter than its distance from the latter. Anal 12, 7 rays branched. Pectoral Fig. Chrysichthys meppelli. Type (F. N.). j. much shorter than head, spine strongly serrated on inner side. Caudal with rounded or obtusely pointed lobes, longest rays about twice length of median. Caudal peduncle If to 1J times as long as deep. Pale brown above, white beneath; an ill-defined dark transverse band behind the head and another in front of the dorsal fin. Total length 225 millim. Lower Nile. 1. Type. Lower Nile. 2-3. Types. Near Ghet-el-Nassara, L. Menzaleh, in fresh water. 4. Skel. Lower Nile. Dr. Riippell (C). L. Loat, Esq. ((J.).. 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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