. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 200 barbel f to f length of head, maxillary 1^ to 1| times, outer mandibular 1^ to 1^ times, inner mandibular J to f. Gill-rakers few, about 15 on anterior arch. Clavicles concealed under the skin. Dorsal 92-95, its distance from occipital process f to ^ length of head. Anal 78-80. Dorsal and anal extending to root of caudal. Pectoral ^ length of head, its spine feebly serrated on both sides and f to f the length of the fin. Ventrals about once and f as distant from c
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 200 barbel f to f length of head, maxillary 1^ to 1| times, outer mandibular 1^ to 1^ times, inner mandibular J to f. Gill-rakers few, about 15 on anterior arch. Clavicles concealed under the skin. Dorsal 92-95, its distance from occipital process f to ^ length of head. Anal 78-80. Dorsal and anal extending to root of caudal. Pectoral ^ length of head, its spine feebly serrated on both sides and f to f the length of the fin. Ventrals about once and f as distant from caudal as from end of snout. Caudal I length of head. Dark olive-brown above, yellowish beneath. Total length 255 millim. South Cameroon. 1-3. Types. Ja R. 4-0, 7-9. Ad., ligr., & yg. 10-11. Ad. & hgr. 12. Hgr. Nyong R. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 28. CLARIAS L^VICEPS. Gill, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1802, p. 139 ; Sauv. Bull. Soe. Zool. France, 1882, p. 318, 1)1. V. fig. 2 ; Bouleng. Proc, Zool. Soc. 1904, i. p. 200, and 1907, p. 1087, fig. Clarias JangsleycSy Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, ii. p. 334. Depth of body 8 J to 12 times in total length, length of head 5 to 5 J times. Head 1^ to 1^ times as long as broad, smooth; occipital process pointed ; frontal fontanelle sole-shaped, about twice as long as broad; occipital fontanelle smaller, in advance of occipital process; eye Fig. Clarias Iceviceps. Cameroon (P. Z. S. 1907). |. very small, 3 to 4 times in length of snout, G to 7 times in interorbital width, which equals ^ length of head and a little exceeds width of mouth; band of priemaxillary teeth 4 to 5 times as long as broad ; vomerine teeth conical, forming a curved band which is as broad as or a little narrower than the pnrmaxillary band; barbels moderately thick, nasal ^ to f length of head, maxillary l^j to If times, outer mandibular. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colorati
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