. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. CHEYSICHTHTS. 337 head, very strongly serrated on inner border. Caudal deeply forked, with pointed lobes, outer rays about twice as long as middle rays. Fig. Type. i. Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. Olive-brown above, white beneath. Total length 250 millim. Lake Bangvvelu. 1. Type. L. Bangwohi. F. H. Melland, Esq., and Father Foulon ((\). 17. CHRYSICHTHYS ORNATUS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, ii. p. 39, pi. xi. fig. 2 (1902). Depth of body 4J to 5 times in total len
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. CHEYSICHTHTS. 337 head, very strongly serrated on inner border. Caudal deeply forked, with pointed lobes, outer rays about twice as long as middle rays. Fig. Type. i. Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. Olive-brown above, white beneath. Total length 250 millim. Lake Bangvvelu. 1. Type. L. Bangwohi. F. H. Melland, Esq., and Father Foulon ((\). 17. CHRYSICHTHYS ORNATUS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, ii. p. 39, pi. xi. fig. 2 (1902). Depth of body 4J to 5 times in total length, length of head 3 to 3^ times. Head much depressed, 1^ to I3- times as long as broad, finely granular on the vertex and occiput, striated on the snout; occipital process broad, in contact with interneural shield ; snout broadly rounded, nearly twice as broad as long, not extending beyond lower jaw, its length f or a little more than ^ that of head ; eye 4 to 5| times in length of head. If to 2^ times in interorbital width ; width of mouth If to If times in length of head ; pnrmaxillary band of teeth curved, 6 to 8 times as long as broad ; vomcio-pterygoid teeth forming a broad band. 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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