. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. CHILOGLANIS. 485 separated on the median line, forming 4 or 5 transverse series ; 8 man- dibular teeth ; maxillary barbel scarcely longer than eye, lower labials shorter still. Dorsal I 5; spine not serrated, | length of head. Adipose fin low, | as long as its distance from rayed dorsal. Anal III 7. Pectoral spine f length of head. Ventral extending to origin of anal. Caudal deeply forked. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Pale brownish above, with four irregular
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. CHILOGLANIS. 485 separated on the median line, forming 4 or 5 transverse series ; 8 man- dibular teeth ; maxillary barbel scarcely longer than eye, lower labials shorter still. Dorsal I 5; spine not serrated, | length of head. Adipose fin low, | as long as its distance from rayed dorsal. Anal III 7. Pectoral spine f length of head. Ventral extending to origin of anal. Caudal deeply forked. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Pale brownish above, with four irregular dark cross-bands connected by a dark lateral stripe, whitish beneath; two dark bars across the anal; a dark bar at the base of the caudal, another across each lobe of the fin, and a dark streak along the lower lobe. Total length 55 millim. Mathoiya River (Tana System), Kenya district. !• Type. Mathoiya R. S. L. Hinde, Esq. (P.). 7. CHILOGLANIS BATESII. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xiv. 1904, p. 19. Body somewhat depressed in front, compressed behind, its depth 5 to 6 times in total length. Head depressed, 1^ times as long as broad, its length 3 times in total length; eye directed upwards, in second half of head, 5 to 6 times in length of head and equal to or a little less than interorbital width, which exceeds the distance between eye and posterior Fig. Chiloglanis batesii. Type. 3" nostril; praemaxillary teeth in two large oval groups, well separated on the middle line, forming 3 or 4 transverse series; a group of 8 to 12 mandibular teeth ; maxillary barbel as long as eye, lower labial barbels shorter still. Dorsal I 5 ; spine not serrated, f to ^ length of head. Adipose low, its base barely \ its distance from the rayed dorsal. Anal III 5-6. Pectoral spine not serrated, about \ length of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illus
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