. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 414 SILUKID.'E. auterior third of pectoral spine ; mandibular barbels with short branches, especially near base, where they are tubercular, outer 3 times as long as inner. Gill-openings not extending downwards beyond root of pectoral spine. Occipito-nuchal shield rough like occiput, tectiform, a little longer than broad, with rounded posterior processes. Humeral process rough with granular asperities, keeled, narrow, sharply pointed, extending nearly as far back as occipito-nuch
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 414 SILUKID.'E. auterior third of pectoral spine ; mandibular barbels with short branches, especially near base, where they are tubercular, outer 3 times as long as inner. Gill-openings not extending downwards beyond root of pectoral spine. Occipito-nuchal shield rough like occiput, tectiform, a little longer than broad, with rounded posterior processes. Humeral process rough with granular asperities, keeled, narrow, sharply pointed, extending nearly as far back as occipito-nuchal shield. Skin of whole body, in- cluding adipose fin, with small, closely-set, granular papillae. Dorsal I 7; spine feebly curved, a little shorter than head, striated, smooth in front, serrated behind. Adipose dorsal 4 times as long as deep, 2^ to 3^ times as long as its distance from rayed dorsal. Anal III 8, rounded. Pectoral Fig. Synodontis granvlosus. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1901). k. spine as long as dorsal, feebly serrated on outer border, strongly on inner, not reaching ventral. Ventral not reaching anal. Caudal deeply notched. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. Olive above, yellowish beneath ; dorsal, anal, and paired fins black in front, orange behind ; caudal black, with a broad orange posterior margin. Total length 230 millira. Lake Tanganyika. 1-3. Types. North end o£ L. Tanganyika. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C).. 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, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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