Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . /E. 4. PETROOEPHALUS BALLAYI. Mormyvvs catostoma (non Giintli. 1866), Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xx. 1867, p. balayi, Sauv. Bull. Soc. Philoni. (7) vii. 1883, p. 159 ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 789, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 72 (1901) ; Pcllegr. Bull. Soc. Philom. (9) ix. 1907, p. amhlystoma, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. II. ((5) xvii. 1896, p. 281, pi. xiv. fig. A. Depth of body 2f to 3 times in total length, length of head 3i to3-f times. Head as long as deep, with con
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . /E. 4. PETROOEPHALUS BALLAYI. Mormyvvs catostoma (non Giintli. 1866), Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xx. 1867, p. balayi, Sauv. Bull. Soc. Philoni. (7) vii. 1883, p. 159 ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 789, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 72 (1901) ; Pcllegr. Bull. Soc. Philom. (9) ix. 1907, p. amhlystoma, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. II. ((5) xvii. 1896, p. 281, pi. xiv. fig. A. Depth of body 2f to 3 times in total length, length of head 3i to3-f times. Head as long as deep, with convex upper profile; snout veryshort, ^ to -1- length of head, obliquely truncate, projecting beyond mouth ;mouth below anterior border or centre of eye, its width -3- length of head ;teeth bicuspid, 20-24 in upper jaw, 30-36 in lower; nostrils abovelower border of eye ; eye large, its diameter greater than length ofsnout, f interorbital width. Dorsal 23-2-5, originating above 4th or 5thray of anal, its length nearly J its distance from head and equal to its Fie. 37. ifVrpjjs.
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