. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. P ELM ATOCH KOMI S. 4i; large, a little over twice as long as broad, with slightly concave upper profile ; snout as long as broad, 1^ diameters of eye, which is 4 times in length of head, 1^ times in interorbital width, and a little more than depth of praeorbital ; mouth oblique, extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth very small and few, in 3 series; 3 series of scales on the cheek, the width of the scaly part equal to diameter of eye, Gill-rakers very short, posterio
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. P ELM ATOCH KOMI S. 4i; large, a little over twice as long as broad, with slightly concave upper profile ; snout as long as broad, 1^ diameters of eye, which is 4 times in length of head, 1^ times in interorbital width, and a little more than depth of praeorbital ; mouth oblique, extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth very small and few, in 3 series; 3 series of scales on the cheek, the width of the scaly part equal to diameter of eye, Gill-rakers very short, posterior much expanded, much broader than long, 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Uorsal XV 9 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures f length of head; longest soft rays f length Fig. I'ehuatocJiruinis microdon, Type(). f. of head. Anal 111 8; third spine as long as and stouter than last dorsal. Pectoral as long as head, extending to above base of third anal spine. Ventral reaching origin of anal. Caudal obliquely truncate, upper rays longest. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales 4-5 21 denticulate, 32 -^ ; lateral lines j|. Olive above, grey beneath, with six ill-defined darker vertical bars on the side; a blackish opercular spot; fins grey, posterior part of dorsal and caudal with small round darker spots forming regular series between the rays; posterior part of anal fin with a few small orange ocellar spots. Total length 175 millim. Lake Victoria. 1. Typo. n?)- Yg. Bnnjako. Entebljc. ^h. E. Degen (('.).. 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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