. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 140 Annul* of the South African occipital process angular ; frontal fontanelle 2J to 4|- times as long as broad, 3^ to 4J times in length of head ; occipital fontanelle very small, in advance of occipital process; eye very small, 3 to 4^ times in length of snout and 4| to 7 times in interorbital width; width of mouth about equal to interorbital width, | to J length of head ; band of premaxillary teeth 5 to 7 times as long as broad ; vomerine teeth mostly conical, or granular sub-conical, forming a cre
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 140 Annul* of the South African occipital process angular ; frontal fontanelle 2J to 4|- times as long as broad, 3^ to 4J times in length of head ; occipital fontanelle very small, in advance of occipital process; eye very small, 3 to 4^ times in length of snout and 4| to 7 times in interorbital width; width of mouth about equal to interorbital width, | to J length of head ; band of premaxillary teeth 5 to 7 times as long as broad ; vomerine teeth mostly conical, or granular sub-conical, forming a crescentic band which may be slightly interrupted in the middle, where it is nearly as broad as or narrower than the premaxillary band; nasal barbel ^ to -| length of head ; maxillary barbel shorter than head in adult (a. FIG. 95. — Clarias </iints. ^. little longer in young), reaching to base or last third of pectoral spine; outer mandibular barbel 1* to ly^ times as long as inner, which measures § to ?- length of head. Gill-rakers on anterior arch fine and closely set, 26-65 in number. Clavicles not exposed. Dorsal 65-80 ; its distance from occipital process | to -^ length of head, its distance from caudal ll to 3 times diameter of eye. Anal 50-60, not reaching caudal. Pectoral -?- to i length of head, the spine serrated on the outer border and I to i the length of the fin. Ventrals nearly equally distant from point of snout and root of caudal or a little nearer to the former. Caudal about | length of 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 South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ]
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