. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. SICTDIUM. 43 Sijnopsis of tit c Species. I. Movable teelli in upper jaw uiiicuspitl ; fp. 43. conical teeth in lower jaw subequal . 1. ^. brevifiUs, Ogilvie-Grant, II. Movable teeth in tipper jaw tricuspid. A. Conical teeth in lower jaw subequal. Head as broad as deep ; nape naked .... 2. -S. acutipinnis, Guich., p. 44. B. Anterior conical teeth in lower jaw much larger than the others. Head broader than deep ; nape and belly f^caly Z. S. laticeps, C. & V., p. 44. Head as
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. SICTDIUM. 43 Sijnopsis of tit c Species. I. Movable teelli in upper jaw uiiicuspitl ; fp. 43. conical teeth in lower jaw subequal . 1. ^. brevifiUs, Ogilvie-Grant, II. Movable teeth in tipper jaw tricuspid. A. Conical teeth in lower jaw subequal. Head as broad as deep ; nape naked .... 2. -S. acutipinnis, Guich., p. 44. B. Anterior conical teeth in lower jaw much larger than the others. Head broader than deep ; nape and belly f^caly Z. S. laticeps, C. & V., p. 44. Head as broad as deep; nape and belly scaly . 4. ,S'. Pall., p. 45. Belly naked ; 5. -V. pampinnis, Guich., p. 45. FiK. Sicydium hrevijilis. Type, after Ogilvie-Grant {1. c). |. 1. SICYDIUM BRE\^IFILTS. Ogilvie-Grant, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1884, p. 158, pi. xii. fig. 1 ; Pletschmann, Jahrb. Nass. Ver. Naturk. Ixvi. 1913, p. 183. Depth of body 5i to 6 times in total length, length of head 3f to 4J times. Head as deep as broad ; eye 4 (young) to 7 times in length of head, 1 to If times in inteiorbital width ; mouth extending to below centre or posterior border of eye; movable labial teeth unicuspid; mandibular teeth subequal. Dorsals VI, I 10, narrowly separated, second to fifth simple rays produced into short filaments. Anal I 10. Pectoral a little shorter than head. Caudal rounded. Body entirely scaly ; 70-75 scales in longitudinal series. Yellowish brown or pale olive, uniform or with ill-defined dark spots on the sides; anal fin with a brown and white margin. Total length 105 millim. Cameroon. 1. Type. Cameroon. Sir A. Smith (P.). ;,. Yg. Kribi R. at Kribi. G. L. Bates, K«|. (C).. 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; Boulenge
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