Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . A. Gunther (P.).,Esq.(C.).Dr. W^ J. Ansorge (C). M. P. Delhcz (C). Rev. G. Grenfell (C).. Capt. Wilverth (C). Rev. W. H. Bentley (C). Capt. Royaux (C). Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). A. Cunnington (C). Sir A. Sharpe (P.). F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.).•ia T. Codrington, Esq. (P.). Dr. C. Livingstone (P.).R. MacDonald, Esq. (P.). 184 CHARACINID^. 3. HYDROCYON VITTIGER. ILjdrocyon viitatus (now Casteln.), Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 24, pi. X. fig. 2 (1898), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p.
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . A. Gunther (P.).,Esq.(C.).Dr. W^ J. Ansorge (C). M. P. Delhcz (C). Rev. G. Grenfell (C).. Capt. Wilverth (C). Rev. W. H. Bentley (C). Capt. Royaux (C). Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). A. Cunnington (C). Sir A. Sharpe (P.). F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.).•ia T. Codrington, Esq. (P.). Dr. C. Livingstone (P.).R. MacDonald, Esq. (P.). 184 CHARACINID^. 3. HYDROCYON VITTIGER. ILjdrocyon viitatus (now Casteln.), Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 24, pi. X. fig. 2 (1898), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 142 (1001).Hydrocyon vittiger, Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 106 (1907). Depth of body equal to length of head, 4 to 4J times in total 2J to 2f times as long as broad ; snout 1\ to IJ times diameterof eye, which is oj to 4 times in length of head and nearly equalsinterorbital width ; mouth extending to below anterior third of eye;5 large teeth in upper jaw, 4 in lower. Dorsal II 8, originating aboveventral. Anal III 14. Pectoral f to f length of head. Caudal deeply Fig. Hydrocyon (A. M. C). i forked, with long, pointed lobes. peduncle twice as long asdeep. Scales 56-57 -^, 2 between lateral line and scaly process at baseof ventral. Olive-brown above, whitish beneath ; a blackish band alongthe body on the second and third series of scales above lateral line asf^ir as adipose fin, where it drops one scale lower down ; adipose finblack; caudal edged with blackish. Total length 340 millim. Congo.—Types in Congo Museum, One of the types. Manyanga. Capt. Wilverth (C). 4. HYDROCYON GOLIATH. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 23, pi. xi. (1898), and Poiss. Bass. Congo,p. 141 (1901). Depth of body of to 4J times in total length, length of head 3| to HYDROCTON. 185 ii times. Head Ih to 2h times as long as broad; snout H to 2 timesdiameter of eye, which is 4J to 5 J times in length of head and H to 2^times in interoibital width ; mouth
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