. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. AM PI II LI ITS. 159 head, 3 times in interocular width ; posterior nostril midway between eye and end of snout; mnxillary barbel Ij Icngtli of head, outer mandibular j, inner mandibular J. Gill-rakers short, 8 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal I 6, much nearer end of snout than root of caudal. Adipose dorsal low, twice as long as rayed dorsal, nearly as long as its distance from latter. Anal II 7. Pectoral a little shorter than head. Ventral a little shorter than pectoral,
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. AM PI II LI ITS. 159 head, 3 times in interocular width ; posterior nostril midway between eye and end of snout; mnxillary barbel Ij Icngtli of head, outer mandibular j, inner mandibular J. Gill-rakers short, 8 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal I 6, much nearer end of snout than root of caudal. Adipose dorsal low, twice as long as rayed dorsal, nearly as long as its distance from latter. Anal II 7. Pectoral a little shorter than head. Ventral a little shorter than pectoral, far behind base of dorsal. Caudal emarginate. Caudal peduncle ns long as deep. Dark olive above, whitish beneath; five round white spots on the back—one in front of the dorsal fin, one on each side of the last rays of the dorsal, one in front of the adipose fin, and one at the posterior extremity of the latter. Total length 80 millim. British Central Africa. 1. Type, Sources of Kuo IJ., MI:mji, ('.500 ft. 1{. L. Ilarger, (P.). G. AMPHILIUS LONGIPO^TUIS. Aiwplopterus longirostris, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) viii. PJOl, p. 4J:7. AmpJiilius longirostris, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. lOOl'., i. i>. 25, pi. i. fig. 3, and 1005, i. p. 64. Depth of body 6 to 9 times in total length, length of head 3| to 4 times. Head much depressed, 1\ to 1^ times as long as broad ; snout Fiff. A))>phUiHS lonyiroslr'is Type( lOUiJ). obtusely pointed, about | length of head; eye very small, in second half of head, 8 to 10 times in length of head. U to 2 times in inter- ocular width ; posterior nostril midway between ey(^ and end of snout .. 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 an
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