. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 306 rather lonf^, widely set, 11 to 16 on lower part ol anterior arch. Dorsal I 9-11 (usually 10), last ray behind vertical of inner ray of ventral; spine smooth, moderately strong, -3 to f length of head ; anterior soft rays more or less produced into filaments. Adipose dorsal 3^ to 5 times as long as deep, about twice as long as rayed dorsal, from which it is narrowly separated. Anal 13-15 (9-10 branched). Fis. BcKjrus hayad. Near Cairo (F. N.). l. Pectoral f
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 306 rather lonf^, widely set, 11 to 16 on lower part ol anterior arch. Dorsal I 9-11 (usually 10), last ray behind vertical of inner ray of ventral; spine smooth, moderately strong, -3 to f length of head ; anterior soft rays more or less produced into filaments. Adipose dorsal 3^ to 5 times as long as deep, about twice as long as rayed dorsal, from which it is narrowly separated. Anal 13-15 (9-10 branched). Fis. BcKjrus hayad. Near Cairo (F. N.). l. Pectoral f to ^ length of head, its spine moderately strong, feebly serrated on inner side. Ventral nearly equally distant from end of snout and from caudal. Caudal deeply forked, each lobe produced into a long filament. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. Pale grey to dark brown above, white beneath; fins yellow, caudal sometimes red; dark dots sometimes scattered on body and fins. Total length 650 millim. Nile System, Chad Basin, Senegal, Niger. L. Loat, Esq. (C). Dr. Riippell (C). J. Petherick, Esq. (C). L. Loat, Esq. (C). 1. Yg. L. Menzaleh. 2. Hgr. Near Ghet-el-Nassara, in fresh water. 3. Skel. Nile. 4. Skel. J5 5. Skel. »? 6- -7. Hgr. Nile near Samannud. 8. Ad. Rosetta Nile, downstream side ol' 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, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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