. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. HEMIEHAMPHUS. 15 1. HEMIRHAMPHUS FAR. Esox far, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 67 (1775). Hemirhamphus commersonii, Cuv. Regne Anim. 2nd ed. ii. p. 286 (1829) ; Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xix. p. 28 (1846); Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 1852, p. 17 ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. vi. p. 271 (1866) ; Peters, Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 94 (1868). Hemirhamphus far, Riipp. N. Wirbelth. Abyss., Fische, p. 74 (1840); Bleek. Atlas Ichth. vi. p. 54, pi. vi. fig. 3 (1866) ; Kl
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. HEMIEHAMPHUS. 15 1. HEMIRHAMPHUS FAR. Esox far, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 67 (1775). Hemirhamphus commersonii, Cuv. Regne Anim. 2nd ed. ii. p. 286 (1829) ; Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xix. p. 28 (1846); Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 1852, p. 17 ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. vi. p. 271 (1866) ; Peters, Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 94 (1868). Hemirhamphus far, Riipp. N. Wirbelth. Abyss., Fische, p. 74 (1840); Bleek. Atlas Ichth. vi. p. 54, pi. vi. fig. 3 (1866) ; Klunz. Verh. Ges. Wien, xx. 1870, p. 582; Day, Fish. Ind. p. 516, pi. cxx. fig. 3 (1878); Giinth. Fische Siidsee, p. 357 (1909). Depth of body 6 to 6J times in total length *, length of head i\ to 5 times. Beak 1^ to If times length of head ; upper jaw much broader than long; teeth more or less distinctly tricuspid ; eye better visible from below than from above, 3 to 3^ times in length of head; inter- orbital width 2£ to 3 times in length of head. Dorsal 13-14. Anal 11-12, below second half of dorsal. Pectoral f length of head. Ventral Fig. Hemirhamphus far. Indian Ocean, after Day {I. c). i 2* inserted twice as far from anterior or posterior border of eye as from caudal. Caudal deeply forked, lower lobe the longer, median rays about equal to diameter of eye. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 52-55 scales in longitudinal series. Back dark greenish, sides with a silvery band and usually with four or five rounded blackish spots or short vertical bars. Total length 400 millim. Bed Sea and Indian Ocean, South Pacific, sometimes entering rivers. 1. Ad., skin. Zanzibar. Sir L. Play fair (P.). 2. Ad. Mozambique. Prof. Peters (P.). 3. Ad. Mazoe, Rhodesia. J. ff. Darling, Esq. (P.). 4, 5. Ad. Natal. 6. Skel. 51 * In describing the proportions of the head and body, the projectiug part of the lower jaw is Please note that these images are extracted from scanned pa
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