. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. AGONOSTOMUS. 99 2. AGONOSTOMUS. Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 166. ^\'stis, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xi. p. 166 (1836). Agonostoma, part., Giintli. Out. Fish. iii. p. 461 (1861). Very closely allied to the preceding, but mouth more normally formed and with several series of small teeth; teeth on the vomer. Fresh waters of the Mascarene and Comoro Islands. Fie. jigoiiostonius telfairii. After Cuvier and Valenciennes. Jag., Poiss. p. 403 1. AGONOSTOMUS TELFAIRII. Benne
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. AGONOSTOMUS. 99 2. AGONOSTOMUS. Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 166. ^\'stis, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xi. p. 166 (1836). Agonostoma, part., Giintli. Out. Fish. iii. p. 461 (1861). Very closely allied to the preceding, but mouth more normally formed and with several series of small teeth; teeth on the vomer. Fresh waters of the Mascarene and Comoro Islands. Fie. jigoiiostonius telfairii. After Cuvier and Valenciennes. Jag., Poiss. p. 403 1. AGONOSTOMUS TELFAIRII. Bennett, 1. c. ; Peters, Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 18, pi. ii. fig. 2 (1868). jS'edis cijpvinoides, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 167, pi. cccxvii, y Xestis dohuloides, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 171. Agonoitoma telfairii, Gunth. t. c. p. 462 ; Sauv. Hist. Mada (1891). ? Agonostoma dohuloides, Giinth. 1. c. ; Sauv. op. cit. p. 404, pi. xlii. fig. 5. Depth of body 3^ to 4 times in total length, length of head 4 to A\ times. Snout a little longer than eye in adult, a little shorter in young; eye perfectly lateral, 3^ (young) to 4| times in length of head, I^ to 2 times in interorbital width; nostrils close together; prseoperculum denticulate ; mouth extending to below anterior third of eye ; maxillary hidden; upper lip rather thick; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek. Dorsals IV, II 7; first spine 5 to f length of head ; second dorsal originating above anterior third of anal. Anal III 9. Pectoral | length of head. Caudal truncate or feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle h2. 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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