. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 362 little nearer former. Adipose dorsal low, l^ to 2 times as long as rayed dorsal, 11 to 1^ times as long as its distance from latter. Anal II 5-6. Pectoral § to f length of head. Ventral below middle or posterior rays of dorsal. Caudal feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or a little deeper than long. Brown above, uniform or dotted with black, white beneath; caudal peduncle darker towards base of caudal; fins white, caudal with a large black or bla


. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 362 little nearer former. Adipose dorsal low, l^ to 2 times as long as rayed dorsal, 11 to 1^ times as long as its distance from latter. Anal II 5-6. Pectoral § to f length of head. Ventral below middle or posterior rays of dorsal. Caudal feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or a little deeper than long. Brown above, uniform or dotted with black, white beneath; caudal peduncle darker towards base of caudal; fins white, caudal with a large black or blackish blotch, which may be rhomboidal or cruciform. Total length 62 millim. Lindi River (Upper Congo), Ogowe, South Cameroon.—Type in Brussels Museum. Lindi R., Congo. 1. One of the types. 2-11. Ad. & ligr. 12-16. Efulen, S. Cameroon. Biwomi R., „ M. M. Storms (C.) ; Brussels Museum (P.). G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 9. AMPHILIUS AXCUSTIFROXS. Anoplopterus angustifrons, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo. Zool. ii. p. 42, pi. x. fig. 4 (1902). Amphilius angustifrons, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1905, i. p. 04. Depth of body 7 to 8 times in total length, length of head 4 to ih Fig. Amphilius angustifrons. Type (A. M. C). X 2. times. Head 1^ times as long as broad ; snout obtusely pointed, \ length of head ; eye moderately large, 6 times in length of head, its. 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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