. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 494 outer border, with 7 (young) to 14 very strong antrorse serrae on its inner border, reaching base of ventral or not quite so far. Ventral equally distant from end of snout and from root of caudal, or a little nearer the former, not reaching anal. Caudal deeply emarginate, upper lobe the longer. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Pale Tig. Mochocus niloticus. Luxor (F. N.). yellowish or greyish olive above, speckled and marbled with blackish ; t
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 494 outer border, with 7 (young) to 14 very strong antrorse serrae on its inner border, reaching base of ventral or not quite so far. Ventral equally distant from end of snout and from root of caudal, or a little nearer the former, not reaching anal. Caudal deeply emarginate, upper lobe the longer. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Pale Tig. Mochocus niloticus. Luxor (F. N.). yellowish or greyish olive above, speckled and marbled with blackish ; two more or less regular dark bands across the back, one under each of the dorsal fins; belly white; dorsal and caudal fins yellowish, dotted or spotted with blackish. Total length 65 millim. Lower Nile to Bahr-el>Gebel; Lake Rudolf.—Type (Paris Museum) apparently lost. Beni Souef, Low. Nile. L. Loat, Esq. ((J.). Near Luxor. ,, Between Luxor and Assuan. „ Assuan. ,, 1-3. Ad. 4-13. Ad., hgr., & yg. 14-23. Ad., hgr., & yg. 24-27. Ad. & hgr. 28. Skel. 29-31. Hgr. Raka, White 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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