. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 114 (jvamnihtes sercus, Blocli, Schneid. i. p. 185 (1801). Coins trivittatus. Hum. Buch. Fish. Ganges, p. 92 (1822). Therapon thnor'iensis, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Uran. & Physic, Zool. p. 311 (1824). Therapon servus, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. iii. p. 125 (1829), and vii. p. 479(1831) ; Riipp. N. Wirbelth. Abyss., Fische, p. 95 (1840) ; Giinth. Cut. Fish. i. p. 278 () ; Peters, Reise Mossainb. iv. p. 10 (18G8) ; Bleok. Atl. Ichthyol. vii. p
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 114 (jvamnihtes sercus, Blocli, Schneid. i. p. 185 (1801). Coins trivittatus. Hum. Buch. Fish. Ganges, p. 92 (1822). Therapon thnor'iensis, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Uran. & Physic, Zool. p. 311 (1824). Therapon servus, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. iii. p. 125 (1829), and vii. p. 479(1831) ; Riipp. N. Wirbelth. Abyss., Fische, p. 95 (1840) ; Giinth. Cut. Fish. i. p. 278 () ; Peters, Reise Mossainb. iv. p. 10 (18G8) ; Bleok. Atl. Ichthyol. vii. p. 112, pi. xxxiv. fig. 2 (1875) ; Giinth. Fische Sudsee, p. 20 (1873). Therapon trivittafus, Cantor, Cat. Mai. Fish. p. 19 (1850). Therapon jarhua, Kliinz. Verb, Ges. Wien, xx. 1870, p. 729 ; Day, Fish. Ind. p. 69, pi. xviii. fig. 4 (1875); Klunz. Fische Roth. Meer. p. 26 (1884) ; Jord. & Scale, Bull. Bur. Fishes, xxv. 1906, p. 265. Depth of body 2f to 3J times in total length, length of head 3 to 3^ times. Snout convex, as long as eye in adult, a little shorter in young ; Fig. 8*>.. Therapon jarbnu. ludia. After Day {op. cit.). 4. eye 3 (young) to 3J times in length of head, intcrorbital width 3 to 3^ times ; maxillary extending to below anterior third or centre of eye ; a broad band of villiform teeth, with an outer series of rather large teeth; cheek and opercle covered with small scales ; whole border of prse- operculum serrated, the serrae strongly enlarged at the angle; a very strong and long opercular spine. Gill-rakers 10-13 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XI-XII 10-1 J, originating behind vertical of axilla; first spine very short, third, fourth, or fifth longest, -J to f length of head, last much longer than penultimate ; anterior soft rays longest, shorter than longest spines. Anal III 7-8; second and third spines equal, or third a little longer, as long as or a little longer than last dorsal. Pectoral l to ^ length of head. Caudal rather dee
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