Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . >!. vi. fig. siiuu.!, Giintli. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (0) xvii. 180t>, p. 282. Depth of body 2f to oj times in total length, length of head 3| to 4^times. Head as long as deep, with convex upper profile; snout veryshort, J length of head, obliquely truncate, projecting beyond mouth ;mouth below anterior border of eje, its width y to ^ length of head;teeth bicuspid, 10-18 in upper jaw, 16-24 in lower ; nostrils near lowerborder of eye; eye rather large, a little longer than snout, § inter- Fi
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . >!. vi. fig. siiuu.!, Giintli. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (0) xvii. 180t>, p. 282. Depth of body 2f to oj times in total length, length of head 3| to 4^times. Head as long as deep, with convex upper profile; snout veryshort, J length of head, obliquely truncate, projecting beyond mouth ;mouth below anterior border of eje, its width y to ^ length of head;teeth bicuspid, 10-18 in upper jaw, 16-24 in lower ; nostrils near lowerborder of eye; eye rather large, a little longer than snout, § inter- Fiff. l\t)oceph<(his , after Sauvage (N. Arch. Mus. 1880). orbital width. Dorsal 24-28, originating above 5th to 7th ray of anal,its length IJ to 2 times in its distance from head, and equal to orslightly greater than its distance from caudal. Anal 30-34, equallydistant from base of ventral and from base of caudal. Pectoral pointed,I length of head, twice as long as ventral, extending beyond base oflatter. Caudal scaled at the base, Mith pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 54 MOKMTRID,^. 3 times as long as deep, | to | length of head, more or less constricted atthe base. 38-45 scales in lateral line, jy_i2 ^^ transverse series on body, 11-13 JJ-J2 in transverse series between dorsal and anal, 12 round caudalpeduncle. Brown above, silvery beneath ; anterior part of dorsalblackish ; a brown spot sometimes present below origin of dorsal. Total length 120 millim. Liberia to Congo,—Type in Paris Museum. 1-2. Hgr. & yg. Duqueah R., , S. R., S. Cameroon.
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