. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 214 CrPKIXJJLE. 3^ times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye. Dorsal II 7, originating further back than anal, at equal distance from head and from caudal, longest ray about £ length of head. Anal II 18. Pectoral acutely pointed, as long as head, reaching root of ventral. Caudal deeply forked. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales 37 jf, 1 between. Eiigraulicypris minutus. Type. lateral line and ventral, 12
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 214 CrPKIXJJLE. 3^ times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye. Dorsal II 7, originating further back than anal, at equal distance from head and from caudal, longest ray about £ length of head. Anal II 18. Pectoral acutely pointed, as long as head, reaching root of ventral. Caudal deeply forked. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales 37 jf, 1 between. Eiigraulicypris minutus. Type. lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, olive on the back. Total length 26 millim. Lake Tanganyika, l-y. Mbete. Dr. W. A. (junnington (C). 10. CHEKffiTHIOPS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 101 (18119), Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 2156 (1901), and Fish. Nile, p. 271 (1907). Body strongly compressed, the belly keeled between the pectoral fins, covered with rather large scales. Lateral line low down, following the ventral outline of the body and running along the lower part of the caudal peduncle. Mouth large, oblique, without lips; no barbels. Suborbitals large, covering the cheek. Giil-membranes narrowly united to the isthmus. Dorsal fin without ossified ray, with 9 or 10 rays, 7 of which are branched, originating behind the vertical of the origin of the anal. Anal with 19 or 20 rays. Pectoral fins elongate, in contact or narrowly separated on the mid-ventral line. A scaly process at the base of the ventral fins. Pharyngeal teeth conical, hooked, in two series (3, 5—5, 3). Nile, AVebi Shebeli, and Congo. Two species:— Depth of body l-~> times in total length; dorsal above anterior half of anal . . ... 1. C. bible, Joann., p. 215. Depth of body 4i--H times in total length ; dorsal above middle of anal 2. C. elongatus, Blgr., p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration a
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