. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 402 ClCaUBJE. long as longest dorsal. Pectoral | length of head, not reaching origin of anal. Ventral produced into a filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or a little deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 28-29 |; lateral lines -^. Brownish above, yellowish beneath; two blackish longitudinal bands on each side, the upper from the occiput to the base of the soft dorsal, the lower from the eye, over the opercle, to the root of the
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 402 ClCaUBJE. long as longest dorsal. Pectoral | length of head, not reaching origin of anal. Ventral produced into a filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or a little deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 28-29 |; lateral lines -^. Brownish above, yellowish beneath; two blackish longitudinal bands on each side, the upper from the occiput to the base of the soft dorsal, the lower from the eye, over the opercle, to the root of the caudal; fins greyish, ventrals white with a black outer border; oblique dark streaks Fin;. Pehnatochyomis Ueniaius. Type (P. 7j. S. 1901). |. on the soft dorsal; small blackish spots on the caudal and two larger ones edged with white on its upper border. Total length 75 millim. Lower Niger. 1. Type. Mouth of Ethiop R., Niger Delta. Dr. ^\. J. Ansoroe {(_'.). 2. Ad. War!, Niger Delta, Mr. J. Paul Arnold (l\). 18. PELMATOCimOMIS PULCHER. Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901, i. p. D, pi. iv. fig. 2; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 283. Depth of body 2f to 3 times in total length, length of head 3 to 3^ times. Head 1| to 2 times as long as broad ; snout rounded, with convex upper profile, broader than long, as long as the eye, which is 3 to 3j times in length of head, a little less tlian interorbital width, and a little more than praeorbital depth ; mouth small, extending to between nosUil and eye ; leeth in 4 or 5 scries, outer rather large, 50 to 68 in upper jaw ; 2 or 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 10 to 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI 9-10 ; spines gradually increasing in length to the last, which measures J length of head ; some of the soft rays more. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colora
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