. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. PENTAiYEMUS. 101 Pentanemus quinquarius, Giinth. Cat. Fish. ii. p. 331 (1860) ; Bleek. Nat. Verh. Vet. Haarlem, xviii. 1863, no. 2, p. 86 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 360 (1901). Depth of body 3j to 3£ times in total length, length of head nearly 4 times. Snout more or less pointed, projecting beyond mouth, as long as or shorter than eye, which is large and with the border partly hidden under adipose tissue ; mouth large, maxillary extendin
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. PENTAiYEMUS. 101 Pentanemus quinquarius, Giinth. Cat. Fish. ii. p. 331 (1860) ; Bleek. Nat. Verh. Vet. Haarlem, xviii. 1863, no. 2, p. 86 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 360 (1901). Depth of body 3j to 3£ times in total length, length of head nearly 4 times. Snout more or less pointed, projecting beyond mouth, as long as or shorter than eye, which is large and with the border partly hidden under adipose tissue ; mouth large, maxillary extending beyond vertical of posterior border of eye ; rather large scales on the head. Gill-rakers very long and slender, much longer than gill-lamina;, 25 to 30 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsals VIII, I 14-17 ; spines of first dorsal Fie. Pentanemus quinquarius. W. Africa, i. rather feeble, first extremely short, second and third equal and § to f length of head ; second dorsal pointed and emarginate. Anal II 20-32, twice as long as second dorsal. Pectoral much longer than head; 5 filaments, extremely long, longest at least twice length of body. Caudal very large, crescentic, the lobes produced into filaments. Scales 7—8 feebly denticulate, 70-80 20=22* Bluish grey or olive above, silvery white beneath; fins yellow, sometimes finely dotted, as if produced, with blackish. Total length 200 millim. West Coast of Africa and Cuba, sometimes entering 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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