. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. US 1. OTOLITHUS SEXEGALENSIS. Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. ix. p. 476 (1833) ; Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ix. i. 18G9, p. 687, pi. vL, and Xotes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 189i, p. 17 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 385 (1901). Pseudotolitlms typiis, Bleek. Nat. Verli. Haarlem, xviii. 1863, no. 2, p. 59, pi. XV. fig. 1. Depth of body 4j to 4^ times in total length, length of head 3f to 3f times ; upper profile between snout and dorsal fiu ne;irly straight. Lower jaw pro
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. US 1. OTOLITHUS SEXEGALENSIS. Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. ix. p. 476 (1833) ; Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ix. i. 18G9, p. 687, pi. vL, and Xotes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 189i, p. 17 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 385 (1901). Pseudotolitlms typiis, Bleek. Nat. Verli. Haarlem, xviii. 1863, no. 2, p. 59, pi. XV. fig. 1. Depth of body 4j to 4^ times in total length, length of head 3f to 3f times ; upper profile between snout and dorsal fiu ne;irly straight. Lower jaw projecting a little beyond upper; snout a little longer than eye, which is 5| to 6^ times in length of head and nearly equals interocular width; maxillary extending to or a little beyond vertical of posterior riff. Ololilhiig senogalensis. Senegal, after iSteiiidachner (I. c). j. border of eye; head covered with scales, except on the lips, which are rather strongly developed. Gill-rakers nearly as long as gill-larainte, 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsals IX-X, I 27-30, continuous or subcontinuous; first spine extremely short, third longest, a little more than | length of head ; longest soft rays hardly ^ length of head. Anal II 7-8, originating under middle of second dorsal; spines short. Pectoral a little shorter than head. Caudal lanceolate. 50-60 scales in longitudinal series. Silvery, olive or greenish on the back; dark streaks along the oblique series of scales on the back and sides; spinous dorsal greyish. Total length 350 millim. West Coast of Africa, from the Senegal to the Congo, enterino- rivers.—'J'ype in Paris Museum. 1. Ad. «. Bonny. j_ ^y^g,,^ j.^^ ^_. 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, 18
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