. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 4 4 1. HAPLOCHILUS ANTINORII. Vincig. Anil. Mas. Gcnova, win. 1883, p. 603, fig.; Bouleng. P. Z. S. 1903, ii. p. 333. Depth of body 4 to 4^ times in total length, length of head 3 to 3| times. Head flat above; snout short, much shorter than eye; mouth directed upwards, lower jaw strongly projecting; eye 2| to 3 times in length of head, 1^ times in interorbital width, a little shorter than post- ocular part of head ; prseorbital about ^ diameter of eye. Dorsal 10
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 4 4 1. HAPLOCHILUS ANTINORII. Vincig. Anil. Mas. Gcnova, win. 1883, p. 603, fig.; Bouleng. P. Z. S. 1903, ii. p. 333. Depth of body 4 to 4^ times in total length, length of head 3 to 3| times. Head flat above; snout short, much shorter than eye; mouth directed upwards, lower jaw strongly projecting; eye 2| to 3 times in length of head, 1^ times in interorbital width, a little shorter than post- ocular part of head ; prseorbital about ^ diameter of eye. Dorsal 10-11, originating at equal distance from head and from root of caudal, above anterior third of anal, median rays longest, f to | length of head. Anal 14-15, rounded like the dorsal. Pectoral f lengih of head, reaching a little beyond base of ventral; latter small, nearer end of snout than Fin:. II(ij)lochilt(s antinorii. 6 , type. 1. root of caudal. Caudal rounded, as long as or a little shorter than head. C'audal peduncle 2 to 2^ times as long as deep. 28-31 scales in longi- tudinal series, 20-22 round body in front of ventrals; no lateral-line pits. Yellowish, speckled with brown, or with the dorsal scales edged with brown; dark dots often forming lines above, below, and on the sides of the caudal region ; fins uniform whiiish. Total length oO millim. Southern Ethiopia and Lake Naiwasha.—Types in Genoa Museum. 1-1'. Two of the types. L. Arsade, Adda Manjuis 0. Antiiiori (C.) ; Gallalaiul. (Teiioa Museum (P.). ^- -'^d. Suksuk P., near Prof. 0. Neumann and Ti. Zwai. Baron C. von Erlanger (C). '1 '•'• L. Naixvaslia. P. J. Cuninnlianic, Esq. (P.). 10-40. A<1. .tlinr. Nairobi. Sir F. J. ( 2. KArLOCHTLUS MYAPOSiE. Bouleng. Ann. Xatal .AIus. i. 11)08, p. 232, fig. Depth of body 4 to 4J times in total length, length of head 3| to 4 limes. Head fiat above; snout short and broad, shorter than eye;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned
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