Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . 5. D. rostratvs, Gthr., p. 275. B. Snout deeper than long, strongly 24-25; A. 12-14 ; Sc. 60-68 it 11 14-16 between lateral line and ventral .... 16. D. sex/asciatits, Blgr., p. Snout longer than deep, not 24-26 ; A. 13-14 ; Sc. 70-85 j|=j|, 11-13 between lateral line and ventral . . .17. J), lusosso, Schilth., p. 27?. «s 2 260 CITAEACIXID-E. 1. DISTICHOPUS AFFINIS. Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) xii. 1873. p. 144 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 187 (1901).Distlclwdus abb
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . 5. D. rostratvs, Gthr., p. 275. B. Snout deeper than long, strongly 24-25; A. 12-14 ; Sc. 60-68 it 11 14-16 between lateral line and ventral .... 16. D. sex/asciatits, Blgr., p. Snout longer than deep, not 24-26 ; A. 13-14 ; Sc. 70-85 j|=j|, 11-13 between lateral line and ventral . . .17. J), lusosso, Schilth., p. 27?. «s 2 260 CITAEACIXID-E. 1. DISTICHOPUS AFFINIS. Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) xii. 1873. p. 144 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 187 (1901).Distlclwdus abbreviatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1876, p. 845. Depth of body 2 to 2§ times in total length, length of head 3^ to 4times. Head as long as deep or a little deeper than long, 1| to 2 timesas long as broad; snout not compressed, as long as eye, which is 3 timesin length of head ; interorbital width 2 to 2J times in length of head ;maxillary extending to below nostrils; teeth in two series in each jaw,outer series containing 20 teeth. Dorsal 16 (4 unbranched), equally Fig. 197. i. W ? ;: •• Distichodus Congo. 4. distant from head and from caudal, its base equalling its distance fromthe small adipose fin. Anal 19-21 (3 unbranched), its base longerthan that of dorsal. Pectoral £ length of head. Caudal forked, withshort rounded lobes. Caudal peduncle deeper than long. Scales37_39 _7_, 7 between lateral line and root of ventral. Silvery, backolive-brown ; anterior border of dorsal blackish. Total length 120 millim. Congo. J. Yg., type. Boma, Lower Congo. J. J. Bianconi, Esq. (C). 2. Hgr. „ ., rapt. Wilverth (C). :;. Yg. ., .., M. P. Delhez (C.). 4. Ad. Lower Congo. M. F. Hens (<.). DIST1CH0DUS. 261 2. DISTICHODUS ALTUS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 80, pi. xxxv. fig. 1 (1899), and Poiss. , p. 188 (1901) ; Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 190-1, p. 311. Depth of body 2 to 2-§- times in total length, length of head 4 to i\times. Head a little deeper
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