. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BAKILIUS. 20^ olive; sides usually with 10 to 14 more or less distinct dark vertical bars above lateral line ; a large blackish spot at root of caudal. Total length 140 millim. Congo, Ogowe. South Cameroon. 1. Type. Ooovve. Miss Kingsley (C).). 2-13. Ad. & hgr. Kriln K. at Efulen, S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 12. BAIULTUS LOATL Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. VJOl, p. 80, and Fish. Nile, p. 2G5, fig. 4 (11)07). Depth of body 4 to 5 times in total le
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BAKILIUS. 20^ olive; sides usually with 10 to 14 more or less distinct dark vertical bars above lateral line ; a large blackish spot at root of caudal. Total length 140 millim. Congo, Ogowe. South Cameroon. 1. Type. Ooovve. Miss Kingsley (C).). 2-13. Ad. & hgr. Kriln K. at Efulen, S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 12. BAIULTUS LOATL Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. VJOl, p. 80, and Fish. Nile, p. 2G5, fig. 4 (11)07). Depth of body 4 to 5 times in total length, length of head 3| to 4J times. Head 2 to 2 j times as long as broad; snout pointed, projecting beyond mouth, 1^ to 2 times as long as eye in adult; eye 4 (young) to 6 times in length of head in adult; mouth extending to below centre or posterior third of eye; no barbels ; second suborbital deep, extending Fiff. BariliKS loati. Type, Upper Nile (F. N.). f. posteriorly to vertical of posterior border of eye; naked space between praeoperculum and suborbitals about ^ width of latter. Gill-rakers few and very short, rudimentary. Dorsal III 7-9, originating at equal distance from occiput and from root of caudal, or a little nearer latter, second half of its base above anal; anterior rays longest, f to § length of head. Anal III 12-15, notched, often produced into a convex anterior lobe, anterior rays much longer, about as long as longest dorsals. Pectoral pointed, J to f length of head, not reaching ventral, which is much shorter and does not reach beyond vent. Caudal deeply forked, crescentic when fully spread out. Caudal peduncle If to 2 times as long as dee]). Scales with radiating strict, 00—58 -j^r^ 2-3 between. 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). D
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