. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. BAGRUS. 309 Bagvus docmas, Riipp. Besctir. n. Fisclie Nil, p. 5 (1829); Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xiv. p. 404 (1839); G until. Cat. Fish, v. p. 70 (1804), and Petherick's Tray. ii. p. 228 (1869); Vincig. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) xix. 1898, p. 245; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 2:57, pi. Iviii. (1907). Depth of body 4 to 5^ times in total length, length of head 3^ to 4 times. Head much depressed, 1\ to If times as long as broad, smooth above; occipital
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. BAGRUS. 309 Bagvus docmas, Riipp. Besctir. n. Fisclie Nil, p. 5 (1829); Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xiv. p. 404 (1839); G until. Cat. Fish, v. p. 70 (1804), and Petherick's Tray. ii. p. 228 (1869); Vincig. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) xix. 1898, p. 245; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 2:57, pi. Iviii. (1907). Depth of body 4 to 5^ times in total length, length of head 3^ to 4 times. Head much depressed, 1\ to If times as long as broad, smooth above; occipital process long and narrow, in contact with or narrowly separated from interneural bone; snout broadly rounded, projecting beyond the lower jaw, If (young) to 4 times as long as eye, which is 5 Fig. Bagrus docrnac. Nile Delta (I\ N.). (young) to 12 times in length of head and 1-| to of times in interocular width; width of mouth 2 to 2^ times in length of head; prsemaxillary band of teeth 5 to 7 times as long as broad, a little shorter than and about as broad as the band of vomerine teeth. Nasal barbel f (adult) to -^ length of head; maxillary barbel If (adult) to 3^ times length of head, reaching ventral or not quite so far in adult, anal or caudal peduncle in young; outer mandibular barbel If to 2\ times length of inner, and f to 1-j times length of head. Gill-rakers rather long, widely set, 9 to 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal I 8-10 (usually P), last ray in advance of vertical of inner ray of ventral; spine smooth, moderately strong, not \ length of head ; anterior soft rays more or less produced into filaments in the adult. Adipose dorsal 4 to 5 times as long as deep, If to 2 times as long as rayed dorsal, from which it is. 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 (Nat
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