. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BAGKUS. 309 Bar/rus docnia;, Tviipp. Besclir. n. Fisclie Nil, p. 5 (1821)); (!uv. &Val. Hist. Poiss. xiv. p. 404 (1839); Giinth. Cat. Fish. v. p. 70 (18G4), and Petlierick's Truv. ii. p. 228 (18G9); Vineig. Ann. Mus. Geneva, (2) xix. 1898, p. 245; Bouleng-. Fish. Nile, p. 2;57, pi. Iviii. (1907). Depth of body 4 to 5J times in total length, length of head 3j to 4 times. Head much depressed, 1^^ to If times as long as broad, smooth above; occipital process long and narrow, in
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BAGKUS. 309 Bar/rus docnia;, Tviipp. Besclir. n. Fisclie Nil, p. 5 (1821)); (!uv. &Val. Hist. Poiss. xiv. p. 404 (1839); Giinth. Cat. Fish. v. p. 70 (18G4), and Petlierick's Truv. ii. p. 228 (18G9); Vineig. Ann. Mus. Geneva, (2) xix. 1898, p. 245; Bouleng-. Fish. Nile, p. 2;57, pi. Iviii. (1907). Depth of body 4 to 5J times in total length, length of head 3j to 4 times. Head much depressed, 1^^ to If times as long as broad, smooth above; occipital process long and narrow, in contact with or narrowly se})arated from interneural bone; snout broadly rounded, projecting beyond the lower jaw, If (young) to 4 times as long as eye, which is 5 Fis. Bagrus docmac. Nile Delta (F. N.). i. (young) to 12 times in length of head and ]| to 3| times in interocular width ; width of mouth 2 to 2^ times in length of head; praemaxillary band of teeth 5 to 7 times as long as broad, a little sliorter than and about as broad as the band of vomerine teeth. Nasal barbel ^ (adult) to I length of head; maxillary barbel If (adult) to oj times length of head, reaching ventral or not quite so far in adult, anal or caudul peduncle in young; outer mandibular barbel If to 2^ times length of inner, and f to 1^ times length of head. Gill-rakers rather long, widely set, 9 to 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal I 8-10 (usually 9), last ray in advance of vertical of inner ray of ventral; si)ine smootli, moderately strong, not 4 length of head ; anterior soft rays more or less produced into filaments in the adult. Adipose dorsal 4 to 5 times as long as deep, If to 2 times as long as rayed dorsal, fnun which it is. 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
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