. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. CLAEIAS. 257 on both sides, f the length of the fin snout than caudal. Caudal ^ length of head. Ventrals much nearer end of Dark brown. Total length 205 millim. Gambia. 1. Typo. Gambia. Mr. J. T. Dalton (C). 25. CLABIAS DUMERILII. Steind. Verb, Ges. Wien, xvi. 1866, p. 766, pi. xiii. fig. S, & pi. xiv. fig. 5 ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 1085. Depth of body 6 to 7J times in total length, length of head 4 to 4J times. Head 1\ to 1^ times as long as broad, s
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. CLAEIAS. 257 on both sides, f the length of the fin snout than caudal. Caudal ^ length of head. Ventrals much nearer end of Dark brown. Total length 205 millim. Gambia. 1. Typo. Gambia. Mr. J. T. Dalton (C). 25. CLABIAS DUMERILII. Steind. Verb, Ges. Wien, xvi. 1866, p. 766, pi. xiii. fig. S, & pi. xiv. fig. 5 ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 1085. Depth of body 6 to 7J times in total length, length of head 4 to 4J times. Head 1\ to 1^ times as long as broad, smooth above; occipital process angular; frontal fontanelle sole-shaped, about twice as long as broad; occipital fontanelle smaller, usually extending on the occipital process; eye very small, its diameter 3 times in length of snout, 6 or 7 times in interorbital width, which, like the width of the mouth, measures ^ length of head; band of praemaxillary teeth 4 times as long. Clarias dumerUii. ^. Type, after Steiiidachner {I. c). as broad ; vomerine teeth conical or subgranular, forming a crescentic band which, in the middle, is a little narrower than the pnemaxillary band ; nasal barbel f to | length of head ; maxillary barbel as long as or a little longer than head, reaching middle or end of pectoral fin; inner mandibular barbel J to f length of head, about f length of outer. Gill-rakers on first arch not closely set, 12 to 15 in number. Clavicles concealed under the skin. Dorsal 66-72, its distance from occipital process about \ length of head, narrowly separated from caudal. Anal 49-55. Pectoral i to f length of head, the spine serrated on both. 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 a
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