. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 366 SILUB1D-E. reaching anal. Caudal rounded. Brown above, yellow beneath, with small dark spots ; five transverse series of more or less confluent black spots on the body ; dorsal and anal with small black spots. Fig. Parauclienoglanii macrostcmd. Type, after Pellegrin (I. c). , Total length 240 millim. Ogowe.—Type in Paris Museum. 23. AUCHENOGLANIS. Auchenaspis (non Egerton), Bleek. Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. i. 1863, p. 101 ; Giinth. Cat, Fish. v. p. 137 (18G4). Auchen
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 366 SILUB1D-E. reaching anal. Caudal rounded. Brown above, yellow beneath, with small dark spots ; five transverse series of more or less confluent black spots on the body ; dorsal and anal with small black spots. Fig. Parauclienoglanii macrostcmd. Type, after Pellegrin (I. c). , Total length 240 millim. Ogowe.—Type in Paris Museum. 23. AUCHENOGLANIS. Auchenaspis (non Egerton), Bleek. Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. i. 1863, p. 101 ; Giinth. Cat, Fish. v. p. 137 (18G4). Auchenoglanis, Giinth. Zool'. Rec. i. p. 165 (1865) ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. -I'M (1901), and Fish. Nile, p. 311 (1907). Oxyglank, Vincig. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) xix. 1898, p. 249. Body moderately elongate, feebly compressed. Dorsal and anal fins short, the former composed of a spine and 7 or 8 branched rays, and followed by a very long adipose fin. Pectoral fin with a spine. Ventral fin with 6 rays, just behind the vertical of the dorsal fin. Three pairs of barbels: maxillary and two mandibulars. Nostrils widely separated from each other, the anterior tubular, on the upper lip, the posterior slit-like. Eye supero-lateral, with free border. Prsemaxillaries small ; maxillaries, hidden in the lip, comparatively large, bordering the mouth. Jaws with villiform teeth, which may be reduced to small groups; palate toothless. Gill-membranes free, feebly notched. Air-bladder large, 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, George Albert, 1858-1937. London, Printed by order of the Trustees [by Taylor and Francis]
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