. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 340 deeply notched, with ohtiisely pointed lobes, longest rays twice length of median. Caudal peduncle l^ to !2 times as long as deep. Olive-brown above, white bencatli; young with a blackish spot at the end of the dorsal, and another on each lobe of the caudal. Total length 4 70 millim. I^ake 'langanyika.—Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. Ad., type. Teinl)\vi. Proi". J. E. S. ALoore (('.). 2. Skel. Kiiivtmikolo. ,, o-l'). Yg. Kibwosi. „ v.). CHRYSICHTHYS BKACH
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 340 deeply notched, with ohtiisely pointed lobes, longest rays twice length of median. Caudal peduncle l^ to !2 times as long as deep. Olive-brown above, white bencatli; young with a blackish spot at the end of the dorsal, and another on each lobe of the caudal. Total length 4 70 millim. I^ake 'langanyika.—Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. Ad., type. Teinl)\vi. Proi". J. E. S. ALoore (('.). 2. Skel. Kiiivtmikolo. ,, o-l'). Yg. Kibwosi. „ v.). CHRYSICHTHYS BKACHYNP]MA. Bouleno-. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vi. ll>00, p. 480, Poiss. Buss. Congo, p. 28() (li)Ol), !uid Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 148, pi. xv. Depth of body 4 to 5 times in total length, length of head 3^ to 3| times. Head much depressed, 1^ or li times as long as broad, covered. C'/iri/sicJithj/s hraclnjnema. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1901). ^. with thick skin above ; occipital process hidden under the skin, but reaching interneural shield ; snout much flattened, about twice as broad as long, broadly rounded, projecting a little beyond lower jaw, its length \ that of head; eye 5 to 6 times in length of head, 2 to 2\ times in interocular width ; width of mouth If to 2 times in length of head;. 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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