. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. OPHIOCEPHALUf.âATHERIXA. ( o }~2. IIliT. H. â 1-:.. H-r. C. A,I. 7. All. Kdllilo-Kdllilo. ()jro\ve. lluili. L. ir. MoiiS'>niljo, Upiiur ("ongo. Umangi, ., Fall^. Miss Kingslcv ( ^[. 1\ I ).l he/! ((;.)⢠l{ev. .1. II. Weeks (!'.). (.'apt. Wiiveith {('.). Kev. W. II. Bentley (Cj. Fisr. K^i *^*ifeâ ^:-^^^ Ophiocephahts ins'njnis. Ibali. I. Fam. 15. ATHERINID.^. Mniilli jirotractile, tlio niaxillavies excluded iVom the oral border; teelli in the jaws and on the pharyng
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. OPHIOCEPHALUf.âATHERIXA. ( o }~2. IIliT. H. â 1-:.. H-r. C. A,I. 7. All. Kdllilo-Kdllilo. ()jro\ve. lluili. L. ir. MoiiS'>niljo, Upiiur ("ongo. Umangi, ., Fall^. Miss Kingslcv ( ^[. 1\ I ).l he/! ((;.)⢠l{ev. .1. II. Weeks (!'.). (.'apt. Wiiveith {('.). Kev. W. II. Bentley (Cj. Fisr. K^i *^*ifeâ ^:-^^^ Ophiocephahts ins'njnis. Ibali. I. Fam. 15. ATHERINID.^. Mniilli jirotractile, tlio niaxillavies excluded iVom the oral border; teelli in the jaws and on the pharyngeal bones. Two nostrils on each side. Two well-separated dorsal fins, the anterior, if not rudimentary, small and formed, at least in part, of non-articulated or spinous rays. Pectoral fins inserted high up. Ventral fins more or less behind tlie pectorals, with one spine and 5 soft rays ; pelvic bones connected with the clavicular symphysis by ligament. Pra^caudal vertebroe witli btrong parapophyses bearing the ribs ; epipleurals inserted on the ribs. Vertebrir 32 to 60. Air-bladder present. Mostly marine and represented in all parts of the world. Some species enter fresh waters, whilst others are entirely confined to these. Two genera have representatives in African fresh waters. 1. ATHERINA. Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 519 (); ('nv. .t Vid. Hist. Poiss. x. p. 413 (1850); Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 392 {m;\); Flsli. Nile, p. 423 (1907). hrJino,>ieml,;u% F. W. Fowler, Proc. Ac. I'liihul. Iv. 1904, p. 730, Cleft of mouth oblique; teeth small, conical. Body more or less elongate, subcylindrical or feebly compressed ; scales cycloid, moderate or rather large, extending on parts of tiie head ; no distinct lateral line. Anterior dorsal fin small but well developed, formed of 0 to 9 feeble. 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
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