. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. CYPEINID^, 221 Olive-brown above, whitish beneath ; fins dark grey, often tinged with red. Total length 160 millim. Angola. 1-5. Types. Lucalla R. at Lucalla. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C!.). ris;. VaricorJiinus latirostris. Type. I. ic. VARICORHINUS NEEIiSPRUiTENSIS. Gilchrist & Thompson, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) viii. 1911, p. 478, and Ann. S. A£r. Mus. xi. 1913, p. 366, fig. Body compressed, depth of to 4 times in total length; length of head 4^ to 4f times; width of he
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. CYPEINID^, 221 Olive-brown above, whitish beneath ; fins dark grey, often tinged with red. Total length 160 millim. Angola. 1-5. Types. Lucalla R. at Lucalla. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C!.). ris;. VaricorJiinus latirostris. Type. I. ic. VARICORHINUS NEEIiSPRUiTENSIS. Gilchrist & Thompson, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) viii. 1911, p. 478, and Ann. S. A£r. Mus. xi. 1913, p. 366, fig. Body compressed, depth of to 4 times in total length; length of head 4^ to 4f times; width of head f to f its length. Snout prominent, rounded, shorter than postocular portion of head ; eye lateral, 4f to A^ times in length of head and about 2 to 2y times in interorbital width ; width of mouth about ^ length of head; no barbel; small tubercles on snout; mouth feebly curved. Dorsal III 8-9, upper edge slightly emarginate; no ossified ray ; longest branched ray -| to about same length as head. Anal II 5, not reaching base of caudal. Pectoral j to about same length as head, not reaching ventral, which is inserted below 2nd branched ray of dorsal. Caudal forked, lobes 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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