. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 122 SCOEPIDID^. Fsettus rhoniheus, Cav. & Val. Hist. Poiss. vii. p. 245 (1831) ; Vul., Qav. Regne Anim. 111., Poiss. pi. xlii. fig. 2 (1836). Psettus argenteus, Richards. Ereb. & Terr., Fish. p. 57, pi. xxxv. figs. 1-3 (18-16) ; Gunth. Cat. Fish. ii. p. 487 (1860) ; Kner, Novara, Fische, p. 164 (18G9) ; Klunz. Verh. Ges. Wien, xx. 1870, p. 794 ; Day, Fish. Ind. p. 235, pi. Ii. B. fig. 5 (1876) ; Gunth. Fische Siidsee, p. 140 (1876); Klunz. Fische Roth. Meer
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 122 SCOEPIDID^. Fsettus rhoniheus, Cav. & Val. Hist. Poiss. vii. p. 245 (1831) ; Vul., Qav. Regne Anim. 111., Poiss. pi. xlii. fig. 2 (1836). Psettus argenteus, Richards. Ereb. & Terr., Fish. p. 57, pi. xxxv. figs. 1-3 (18-16) ; Gunth. Cat. Fish. ii. p. 487 (1860) ; Kner, Novara, Fische, p. 164 (18G9) ; Klunz. Verh. Ges. Wien, xx. 1870, p. 794 ; Day, Fish. Ind. p. 235, pi. Ii. B. fig. 5 (1876) ; Gunth. Fische Siidsee, p. 140 (1876); Klunz. Fische Roth. Meer. p. 117 (1884), part. ; Douglas Ogilby, Ed. Fishes N. S. Wales, p. 91 (1893). Monodactylus rhomheus. Cantor, Cat. Mai. Fish. p. 172 (1850). Mouodacfylus argenteus, Bleek. & Pollen, Fauna Madag., Poiss. p. 65 (1874). Depth of body IJ to \\ times in total length, length of head 3 to Fig. 00. V-"S5sg*,. Fsettus argeiUeus. India, after Daj' (I. c). of times. Snout much shorter than eye, which is 2^ to 3 times in length of head and equal to or a little greater than interorbital width ; maxillary extending to below anterior border or anterior fourth of eye ; head entirely covered with very small scales. 17-19 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arcli. Dorsal VIII 28-30 ; last spine I to f length of head; anterior soft rays moderately produced. Anal III 29-32 ; third spine | to f length of head. Ventral reduced to a small spine and 2 to 4 soft rays. Caudal feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle. 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, George Albert, 1858-1937. London, Printed by order of the Trustees [by Taylor and Francis]
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