. African invertebrates : a journal of biodiversity research. Invertebrates -- Africa; Biological diversity -- Africa; Biological diversity. 232 a. A. BOULENGER. Haplochilus myaposas f>p. n. (Text-fig. 2.) Depth of body 4 to 4| times in total length, length of head o^ to 4 times. Snont very short, truncate, Avith the lower jaw ])rojecting; eye longer than the snout, as long as or a little shorter than postocular part of head ; interorbital space about half length of head. Dorsal with 10 rays, originating above anterior third of anal, nearer to root of caudal than to occiput; median rays lon
. African invertebrates : a journal of biodiversity research. Invertebrates -- Africa; Biological diversity -- Africa; Biological diversity. 232 a. A. BOULENGER. Haplochilus myaposas f>p. n. (Text-fig. 2.) Depth of body 4 to 4| times in total length, length of head o^ to 4 times. Snont very short, truncate, Avith the lower jaw ])rojecting; eye longer than the snout, as long as or a little shorter than postocular part of head ; interorbital space about half length of head. Dorsal with 10 rays, originating above anterior third of anal, nearer to root of caudal than to occiput; median rays longest, about half length of head. Anal with 14 or 15 rays, median longest, the fin rounded, like the dorsal. Pectoral reaching a little beyond base of venti-al. Caudal rounded, as long as head. Caudal peduncle once and 4- as long as deep. Scales 27-28 in a longitudinal series, 16 round body in Text-fig. front of ventrals. No latei-al line pits. Pale olive, with darker edges to the scales ; fins greyish. Total length 28 millim. Four specimens from the Myaposa River, Zululand. This little Cyprinodontis is so closely allied to H. pumilus, from Lakes Tanganyika and Victoria, that I have hesitated before describing it as distinct. It differs, however, in having the eye as long as, or but little shorter, than the postocular part of the head and in having the dorsal and anal fins more rounded, the median rays being the longest. Desckiption of the three new Reptiles. Z on urns warreni (PI. XXXY.) Head longer than broad, strongly depressed. Head-shields rugose ; frontonasal as long as broad, forming a narrow suture with the rostral, separating the nasals; latter scarcely swollen ; nostrils in the posterior part of the nasal; prefrontals in con- tact with their inner angles, or forming a short suture; frontal. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustratio
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