. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 454 iiaircw band. Maxillary exposed at the end. A large papillose pad on each side of the pharynx, forming a strong protuberance in front of the upper part of the branchial arches. Dorsal with 15 spines, anal with 3 or 4. Occipital and parietal crests strong, extending to between the orbits. Vertebrae 36 (14 + 22). Lake Tanganyika. 1. GRAMMATOTRIA LEMAIRII. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1-v-^C;-~>. (Jrumiiialotria leinairii. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1899). f. convex upper pr
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 454 iiaircw band. Maxillary exposed at the end. A large papillose pad on each side of the pharynx, forming a strong protuberance in front of the upper part of the branchial arches. Dorsal with 15 spines, anal with 3 or 4. Occipital and parietal crests strong, extending to between the orbits. Vertebrae 36 (14 + 22). Lake Tanganyika. 1. GRAMMATOTRIA LEMAIRII. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1-v-^C;-~>. (Jrumiiialotria leinairii. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1899). f. convex upper profile, longer than broad, longer than postocular part of head ; eye 3 to 3| times in length of head, equal to or a little exceeding interorbital width ; mouth extending to between nostril and eye; teeth in 4 or 5 series ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers rather short, 10 to 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV 14-15; spines rather feeble, equal from the fifth or seventh, f or ^ length of head ; soft rays not or but little longer. Anal III-IV 10-11; last spine a Ltlle stronger, but shorter, than dorsal. Pectoral | to -| lengtli of head, extending to, or nearly to, veitical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent, or not quite so far. Caudal with deep crescentic notch. Caudal peduncle 2 to 2^ times as long as deep. Scales finely denti- 4-: culate, 02-55 J-J 14 ' 41-W lateral lines -'-^-'h. Cirey or pale brown 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, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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