. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 502 1. XENOCHUOMIS HECQUI. Bouleng. 11. cc, Ann. pi. xlvii. fiu-. 3^ and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 159; Pellegr. 1. c. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3^^ to 3^ times in total length. Head twice as long as broad ; snout broader than long and convex, as long as eye in young, a little longer in adult; eye 3g to 4 times in length of head, 1 to 1^ times in interorbital width ; lower jaw projecting a little beyond upper; mouth extending to below anterior border
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 502 1. XENOCHUOMIS HECQUI. Bouleng. 11. cc, Ann. pi. xlvii. fiu-. 3^ and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 159; Pellegr. 1. c. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3^^ to 3^ times in total length. Head twice as long as broad ; snout broader than long and convex, as long as eye in young, a little longer in adult; eye 3g to 4 times in length of head, 1 to 1^ times in interorbital width ; lower jaw projecting a little beyond upper; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye; 34 to 46 teetli in upper jaw, 30 to 40 in lower; interocular region scaly, convex ; 4 or 5 series of scales on the cheek, (jill-rakers as long as gill-lamelhe, slender, closely set, 45 to 52 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsul XVI-XVIl 10-11; spines subequal from the seventh, ^ to f length of head ; longest soft rays ^ to | length of head. Anal 111 9-10; second and third spines equal, stronger and a little. 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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