. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 184 soft rays about f to f length of liead. Anal III 8-9; spines much stronger than dorsals, third J to sliglitly more than | length of head. Pectoral l:j to 1-J^ times as long as head, reaching origin of anal. Ventral produced into a filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal scaly, distinctly emarginate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales cycloid 5 6 or very indistinctly denticulate, 40-45 y ; lateral lines l^, the lower extending far forward, sometimes
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 184 soft rays about f to f length of liead. Anal III 8-9; spines much stronger than dorsals, third J to sliglitly more than | length of head. Pectoral l:j to 1-J^ times as long as head, reaching origin of anal. Ventral produced into a filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal scaly, distinctly emarginate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales cycloid 5 6 or very indistinctly denticulate, 40-45 y ; lateral lines l^, the lower extending far forward, sometimes nearly to above the axil. Golden ; dorsal and anal with straight or oblique purplish streaks, which may form Fig. PelmatocJii'oniis jentmki. Bafata. ^. a wide-meshed network ; caudal white, edged with blackish in the young, \vith a purplish network in the adult. Total length 290 millim. (Jambia to Liberia.—Type in ^yden Museum. 1-2. Hgr. &yg. Gambia. J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). :i Skel. 4. Ad. Geba 1\. at Ral'ata, Poitiigiiose Dr. W. J. Aiisorge (C.). 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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