. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. STNODONTIS. 411 as the occipito-nuchal process. Dorsal I 7 ; spine £ to once length of head, feebly curved, smooth in front, rather strongly serrated behind. Adipose dorsal 2 J to 4 times as long as deep, 3 to A\ times as long as its distance from rayed dorsal. Anal IV 8-9, acutely pointed in front. Pectoral spine as long as or a little shorter than dorsal, not reaching ventral, outer border distinctly seriated in young, smooth or very feebly Fig. Synodontis frontosus.
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. STNODONTIS. 411 as the occipito-nuchal process. Dorsal I 7 ; spine £ to once length of head, feebly curved, smooth in front, rather strongly serrated behind. Adipose dorsal 2 J to 4 times as long as deep, 3 to A\ times as long as its distance from rayed dorsal. Anal IV 8-9, acutely pointed in front. Pectoral spine as long as or a little shorter than dorsal, not reaching ventral, outer border distinctly seriated in young, smooth or very feebly Fig. Synodontis frontosus. L. No (F. N.). §. serrated in adult, inner border strongly serrated. Ventral acutely pointed and often produced into a short filament, reaching origin of anal or beyond. Caudal deeply forked, upper lobe the longer. Caudal peduncle deeper than long. Grey-brown to blackish above and below, lips white; young with the body and dorsal fins spotted with black, with some whitish markings at the base of the caudal; adult uniform or minutely speckled with black. Total length 320 millim. White Nile, Bahr-el-Gebel, Victoria Nile, Omo, Lake Rudolf.—Type in Paris Museum. 1. Hgr. Goz abu Gumah, White Nile. L. Loat, Esq. (C). 2. Ad. 3-4. Hgr. Gharb-el-Aish, Fashoda,. 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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