. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 468 SJLUIUDjE. Total length 230 millim. Upper Congo. 1. Tvpe. Stanley Falls. 2. Hgr. Leopoldville. 3. Ad. Upper Congo. Rev. W. H. Bentley (C). ('apt. Wilverth (C). Brussels University. 53. SYNODONT1S DECORUS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 49, pi. xxv. (1899), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 327 (1901). Depth of body equal to length of head, 3f to of times in total length. Fig. Synodontis decortts. Type (A. M. C). | Head about 1^ times a
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 468 SJLUIUDjE. Total length 230 millim. Upper Congo. 1. Tvpe. Stanley Falls. 2. Hgr. Leopoldville. 3. Ad. Upper Congo. Rev. W. H. Bentley (C). ('apt. Wilverth (C). Brussels University. 53. SYNODONT1S DECORUS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 49, pi. xxv. (1899), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 327 (1901). Depth of body equal to length of head, 3f to of times in total length. Fig. Synodontis decortts. Type (A. M. C). | Head about 1^ times as long as broad, as broad as deep, finely granulate above from between the eyes; snout pointed, nearly half length of head; eye supero-lateral, its diameter 4 to 4^ times in length of head, 1^ to 2 times in interorbital width. Mouth narrow, with strongly developed lips; prsemaxillary teeth small and few, in 1 or 2 series; movable mandibular teeth hardly ^ diameter of eye, 4 to 11 in number. Maxillary barbel bearing small branches on outer border, some bifid, its length j to once length of head; mandibular barbels with long, mostly. 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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