. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 190 Eastern Algeria and North - Western Tunisia. — Types in Paris Museum. 1-3. Types. Wed Bezirk, Tunisia. Vicomte H. de Chaignon (C); Paris Museum (E.). 4-6. Ad. & hgr. Wed el Mahdi, Tunisia. 7. Ad. Ain Oumash, near Biskra. Lord Walsingham (P.). 7. LEPTOCYPRIS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 133 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 230 (1901). Body elongate, feebly compressed, with rounded belly, covered with rath
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 190 Eastern Algeria and North - Western Tunisia. — Types in Paris Museum. 1-3. Types. Wed Bezirk, Tunisia. Vicomte H. de Chaignon (C); Paris Museum (E.). 4-6. Ad. & hgr. Wed el Mahdi, Tunisia. 7. Ad. Ain Oumash, near Biskra. Lord Walsingham (P.). 7. LEPTOCYPRIS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 133 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 230 (1901). Body elongate, feebly compressed, with rounded belly, covered with rather large scales. Lateral line low down on the body, ending in the middle of the caudal peduncle. Mouth rather large, oblique, without lips or barbels. Suborbitals large, covering the cheek. Dorsal fin without ossified ray, with 10 rays, 8 of which are branched, originating above the ventrals. Anal fin with 10 or 11 rays. A scaly process at the base of the ventrals. Pharyngeal teeth conical, hooked, in two series (5 . 3—3 . 5). Congo. A single species. 1. LEPTOCYPRIS MODESTUS. Bouleng. II. cc. p. xlix. fig. 3, and Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. p. 21 (1902). Depth of body 5 to 6 times in total length, length of head 4^ to 4-j times. Head twice as long as broad; snout rounded, projecting a. Leptocyprie modestus. Type (A. M. C). little beyond mouth, as long as eye, which is 3^ to 3| times in length of head; interorbital width 3 to 3^ times in length of head; mouth extending to below anterior fourth of eye. Grill-rakers 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. London : Printed by order of the Trustees : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Museum (Natural History
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