. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. â JO wicltli ; niaxilhuv extending to hi'low centre of eye ; pnliainc teeth present; pni-orbital and prieopercnlnm entire; strong spines on inter- operculum, snboperculnm, and opercnlnin ; latter with a deep notch, and another between it and tin- siiboperculum. 6 very short gill-rakers (in lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVIII-XIX 10 11; spines eipial from the sixth, rather niDre tliun ^ length of head ; longest sott rays ^ lengtli of head. Anal Nil 10. similar to dorsal. Pectoral nearly 4 le
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. â JO wicltli ; niaxilhuv extending to hi'low centre of eye ; pnliainc teeth present; pni-orbital and prieopercnlnm entire; strong spines on inter- operculum, snboperculnm, and opercnlnin ; latter with a deep notch, and another between it and tin- siiboperculum. 6 very short gill-rakers (in lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVIII-XIX 10 11; spines eipial from the sixth, rather niDre tliun ^ length of head ; longest sott rays ^ lengtli of head. Anal Nil 10. similar to dorsal. Pectoral nearly 4 length of head. Ventral not reaching anal. Candal ronnded. Candal piduncle nearly twice as deep as long, the distance between dorsal and candal a little greater than diameter of eye. Scales rugose and stn)n-;ly ctenoid, if; lateral lines \~. Olive, very dark above ; more or less indistinct dark bars on posterior part of body. Total length 10') niillim. Ubanghi.â IVpe in Congo Museum, 'rcrvncren. 1. One of the iypes. Yenihe \l. :it Ban/yvilie. Capt. Royaux (C).. Aiiahns pellr'griiii. 'Pvpe {A. M. C). f C. ANABAS XIGROPANNOSUP. Clennpoma nu/ropannoxum, T{9, pi. xiii. fig. C ; Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1899, p. Anahas yiioropannnstis. Bonleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) iii. 1899. p. 212, and Buss. Congo, p. .T?:'. (1901) : Rtfiiid. T)enk«chr. Ak. Wicn. Ixxxix. , p. 49. Depth of body 3 to 3^ times in total length, length of head 3 to 3^ times. Snout ronnded, hardly as long as eye, which is 4 to 5 times in length of head and 1 i to 1 ^ times in interorbital width; maxillary. 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 Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937; British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology. Lond.
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