. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. MLCR08YX0D0NTIS. 477 times in length of head, IJ to 2 times in iuterorbital width; li[)s rather strongly developed ; prsemaxillary teeth forming a short and broad band ; mandibular teeth not more than J diameter of eye, 20 to 30 in number. Maxillary barbel simple, as long as or a little longer than head; mandi- bular barbels with long slender branches, outer longer than inner and a little shorter than head. A fold across the throat, but gill-openings restricted to the sides. Occ
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. MLCR08YX0D0NTIS. 477 times in length of head, IJ to 2 times in iuterorbital width; li[)s rather strongly developed ; prsemaxillary teeth forming a short and broad band ; mandibular teeth not more than J diameter of eye, 20 to 30 in number. Maxillary barbel simple, as long as or a little longer than head; mandi- bular barbels with long slender branches, outer longer than inner and a little shorter than head. A fold across the throat, but gill-openings restricted to the sides. Occipito-nuchal shield rugose like the occiput, a little longer than broad, with obtuse or rounded posterior processes. Fig. ; Microsynodontis hatesli. Type (P. Z. S. 1903). Humeral process long and narrow, acutely pointed. Dorsal I 6 ; spine strong, straight, f to J length of head, striated, smooth or with a few very feeble posterior serrae in its upper part. Adipose dorsal low, elongate, 2 to 3 times as long as its distance from rayed dorsal. Anal III-IV 8-9, rounded. Pectoral spine strong, shorter than head, striated, feebly serrated on outer border, strongly on inner. Ventral not reachin<j- anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle about as long as deep. Dark brown or blackish above, with 5 yellow cross-bars, the first on tlie occiput, the second at the base of the dorsal; the body lower down with round yellow spots ; throat and belly greyish or pale brownish, spotted or marbled with dark brown; tins spotted with dark brown, caudal with a yellow bar at the base. Total length 100 millim. South Cameroon, Gaboon. 1-7. Tyi)es. Mvile R., S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C.). 8. Skel. „ „ ^^ 9. Hgr. Near Efulen, S. Cameroon. 10-11, 12-19. Ad., Ja R., hgr., & yg. 20. Hgr. Bumba R. at Assobam, S. Cameroon. „ 21-2G. Ad.,, NyongR., 27-28. Hut. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabi
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