. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 66 :. simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, nearly straight, f to f length of head. Anal III 5, reaching caudal in adult. Pectoral a little shorter than head, nearly reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 31-36 ^115!, 25-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Green, olive, or yellow above, yellowish or whitish beneath, fins grey or pinki
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 66 :. simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, nearly straight, f to f length of head. Anal III 5, reaching caudal in adult. Pectoral a little shorter than head, nearly reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 31-36 ^115!, 25-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Green, olive, or yellow above, yellowish or whitish beneath, fins grey or pinkish. Total length 380 millim. Lake Tsana and upper tributaries of Blue Nile.—Type in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfort (M.)- 1. Ad. Zeori, L. Tsana. Mr. E. Degeu (C). 2-5. Hgr. Dide«sa II. Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (C); W. N. McMillan, Esq. (P.). 48. BiRBUS MATHOIiE, sp. n. Barhus tanensis (non Giinth.), Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, ii. p. 222. Depth of body 2f times in total length, length of head i\ times. Fig. Barhxis mathoia. Type. I Snout obtusely pointed, 3 times in length of head, little shorter than postocular part of head ; eye 4 times in length of head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth inferior, its width 4 times in length of head;. 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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