. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 56 extending to below centre of eye; palatine teeth present ; praeorbital entire or feebly denticulate behind ; angle of prseoperculum feebly serrated in adult; strong spines on interoperculum, suboperculum, and operculum ; latter with a deep notch, and another between it and the suboperculum. 6 or 7 very short gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIX-XX 9-10; spines subequal from the fourth or fifth, Fig. JZ?&quo
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 56 extending to below centre of eye; palatine teeth present ; praeorbital entire or feebly denticulate behind ; angle of prseoperculum feebly serrated in adult; strong spines on interoperculum, suboperculum, and operculum ; latter with a deep notch, and another between it and the suboperculum. 6 or 7 very short gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIX-XX 9-10; spines subequal from the fourth or fifth, Fig. JZ?"?&39», Anabas nigropannogus. Type of Ctenopoma yabonense. about -| length of head; longest soft rays f- to f- length of head. Anal IX-XI 9-10, spines and soft rays a little shorter than in dorsal. Pectoral | to f length of head. Ventral not reaching anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle twice as deep as long, the distance between dorsal and caudal at least as great as diameter of eye. Scales rugose and strongly ctenoid, 30-33 ^ ; lateral lines pEjg. Olive-brown above, whitish beneath ; membrane in opercular notch black. Total length 170 millim. Gaboon and Congo.—Types in Berlin Museum. J. Type of Ct. pabo- Gaboon. nense. 2. )) 5? 3. Skel. ;? 4. Ad. Lambarene, Ogowe. 5. 3. Ad. Ad. Kaika N'Zobe, Chilo- ango. Cbiloango Town. 7. Ad. Lnali R. (Cbiloango) at Lnndo. E. B. N. Walker. Esq. (P.). Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C.). Major Cabra (C). Dr. W. J. Ansorge (CY).. 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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