. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 484 SILURID-ffi. as or a little shorter than its distance from rayed dorsal. Anal III 7-8. Pectoral spine not serrated, about f length of head. Ventral extending to origin of anal or a little beyond. Caudal deeply forked, lobes pointed. Caudal peduncle about twice as long as deep. Body pale greyish olive above, with four broad cross-bands of dark olive speckled with blackish, broader than the interspaces between them ; head dark (dive above; low
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 484 SILURID-ffi. as or a little shorter than its distance from rayed dorsal. Anal III 7-8. Pectoral spine not serrated, about f length of head. Ventral extending to origin of anal or a little beyond. Caudal deeply forked, lobes pointed. Caudal peduncle about twice as long as deep. Body pale greyish olive above, with four broad cross-bands of dark olive speckled with blackish, broader than the interspaces between them ; head dark (dive above; lower parts white or yellowish; rayed fins greyish, the caudal with a horizontal blackish bar on each lobe, the end of which is pale yellow; adipose fin yellowish. Total length 45 millim. Upper Nile. Atko Id. L. Loat, Esq. (C.). 1-7. Types 8. Skel. 9. AJ. Wady Haifa. G. OHILOGLANIS BRBVIBARBIS. Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, ii. p. 224, pi. xvii. fig. 2. Body slightly depressed in front, compressed behind, its depth 6 times in total length. Head strongly depressed, !-§• times as long as Fig. 362. //JffA. C'h iloglanis brevibarbis. Type (P. Z. S. 1902). broad, its length 3 times in total length ; eye directed upwards, in second half of head, 5^ limes in length of head, 14- times in interorbital width, which is a little greater than the distance between eye and posterior nostril; pnemaxillary teeth in two large oval groups, widely. 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 : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Museum (Natural History)
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