. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 484 SILUKlDiE. 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 olive above; lower parts white or yellowish; raye
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 484 SILUKlDiE. 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 olive 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. 1-7. Types. Arko Id. L. Loat, Esq. (G). 8. Skel. 0- Ad. Wady Haifa. 6. OHILOGLANIS BREVIBARBIS. 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, 1^ times as long as Fie. 362. fry &\i sv- ' i ft A \ ;///'â * V. i i ' CIi iloglanis hrevibarhis. Type (P. Z. S. 1902). broad, its length 3 times in total length ; eye directed upwards, in second half of head, 5| times in length of head, 1} times in interorbital width, which is a little greater than the distance between eye and posterior nostril; prsemaxillary 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 [by Taylor and Francis]
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