. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. BAK1LIUS. 193 2. Dorsal with 9-10 branched rays. A. Ill 15-17 ; Sc. 47-52 ^4, 2 . . A. Ill 13-14 ; Sc. 55-60 10^, 3 . . G. 80-88 scales in lateral line. D. Ill 10 ; A. Ill 17 ; Sc. 82 *J, 4 . . D. Ill 9-10; A. Ill 16-17" Sc. 80- "° si ' 5 14. B. microceplialus, Gthr., p. 205. 15. B. moorii, Blgr., p. 206. 16. B. tanganicce, Blgr., p. 207. 17. B. mierolepis, Gthr., p. 208. 1. BARILIUS NILOTICUS. Leuchcus nilotmis, Joannis. Mag. Zool. 1835, iv. pi. iii. ; Cuv. & V
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. BAK1LIUS. 193 2. Dorsal with 9-10 branched rays. A. Ill 15-17 ; Sc. 47-52 ^4, 2 . . A. Ill 13-14 ; Sc. 55-60 10^, 3 . . G. 80-88 scales in lateral line. D. Ill 10 ; A. Ill 17 ; Sc. 82 *J, 4 . . D. Ill 9-10; A. Ill 16-17" Sc. 80- "° si ' 5 14. B. microceplialus, Gthr., p. 205. 15. B. moorii, Blgr., p. 206. 16. B. tanganicce, Blgr., p. 207. 17. B. mierolepis, Gthr., p. 208. 1. BARILIUS NILOTICUS. Leuchcus nilotmis, Joannis. Mag. Zool. 1835, iv. pi. iii. ; Cuv. & Val. Hist l\>iss xvii. p. 311 (1844). Lemniscus thebensis, Joannis, t. c. pi. xi. Alburnus niloticus, Heck. Russegg^r's Reise Egypt, iii. p. 328 (1846). Opsarius thebensis, Heck. t. c. p. 329, pi. i. Barilius niloticus, Giintb. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 293 (1868), and Pi-theiirk's Tray. ii. p. 263 (1869) ; Steind. Sitz. Ak. Wien, ciii. i. 1894, p. 461 ; Bouleng. Ann. Mns. Congo, Zool. i. p. 102 (1899), and Fish. Nile, p. 262, pi. xlviii. fig. 3 (1907). Barilius thebensis, Giinth. Petherick's Trav. ii. p. 263. Alburnus , Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, cii. i. 1893, p. 240, pi. iii. fig. 3. ¥\;r. Barilius niloticus. Lower Nile (F. N.). Depth of body 3J to 5 times in total length, length of head 4 to 4g- times. Head 2 to 2\ times as long as broad ; snout rather pointed, not or but slightly projecting beyond mouth, not longer than eye, which is contained 3^- to 4 times in length of head ; interorbital width equal to diameter of eye or a little greater; mouth extending to below anterior border of pupil or centre of eye; no barbels; suborbital bones nearly VOL. II. o. 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, George Albert, 1858-1937.
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