. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 386 SILUEIDiE. Pectoral spine similar to dorsal. Ventral reaching, or nearly reaching, origin of anal. Caudal deeply notched, with long, pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 2 to 2| times as long as deep. Olive-brown above, silvery on the sides, white beneath ; distal half of pectoral, ventral, and anal fins brown or blackish. Total length 520 millim. Gambia, Niger, Cameroon, Fernando Po, Congo. Mr. C. L. Salmin(C). Mr. L. Fraser (0.). 1. 2. Hot., typ
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 386 SILUEIDiE. Pectoral spine similar to dorsal. Ventral reaching, or nearly reaching, origin of anal. Caudal deeply notched, with long, pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 2 to 2| times as long as deep. Olive-brown above, silvery on the sides, white beneath ; distal half of pectoral, ventral, and anal fins brown or blackish. Total length 520 millim. Gambia, Niger, Cameroon, Fernando Po, Congo. Mr. C. L. Salmin(C). Mr. L. Fraser (0.). 1. 2. Hot., type. Ad. Fernando Po Cameroon. 3. Yg., one of the types of Niger. 4. A. parkii. Ad. Gambia. J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.) 2. ARIUS GIGAS, sp. n. Arius lat/scidatus, part., Glinth. Cat. Fish. v. p. 151 (18C4) ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 300 (1901). Depth of body 4 times in total length, length of head 3f times. Head slightly longer than broad, the posterior part of its upper surface Fig. Arius (j'if/as. Half- grown, i * The name refers to the large skeletons which were regarded by GKinther as the adults of his A. latiscutalus, which differs in the palatal dentition; but the description of the external characters, as here given, is necessarily taken from the much smaller specimen iu spirit (total length 275 millim.).. 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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