. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . aisi!a;**a&s&^i^i|j Protopterus (A. M. C). h Total length 830 millim. Congo, —Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. Hgr., one of the types. New Antwerp, Upp. Congo. C:ipt. Wilverth (C). Monsembe, Upp. , , Ogowe. 2. Ad. 3. Ad. 4. Yg. 5. Hot. Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.).M. De (C).Capt. Royaux (C).Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). Order 111- TELEOSTEI. Paired fins with the basis reduced to a series of dermal bones bearingthe rays, without endoskeletal ele
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . aisi!a;**a&s&^i^i|j Protopterus (A. M. C). h Total length 830 millim. Congo, —Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. Hgr., one of the types. New Antwerp, Upp. Congo. C:ipt. Wilverth (C). Monsembe, Upp. , , Ogowe. 2. Ad. 3. Ad. 4. Yg. 5. Hot. Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.).M. De (C).Capt. Royaux (C).Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). Order 111- TELEOSTEI. Paired fins with the basis reduced to a series of dermal bones bearingthe rays, without endoskeletal elements. Skull hyostylic ; supraoccipitalbone present, splenial absent. Heart without muscular bulbus aortas, orwith the bulb much reduced and with a single row (exceptionally tworows) of valves. Suborder I. MALACOPTERYGII. Air-bladder, if present, communicating with the digestive tract by aduct. Pectoral arch suspended from the skull; mesocoracoid archpresent. Fins without spines, the ventrals abdominal, if vertebras distinct, without Weberian ossicles. Synop
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