. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 118 0. MASTACEMBELUS SCLATERI. Bouleiig. Pioc. Zool. Soc. 190:5, i. ji. 28, i>l. v. fig. 2. Depth of body 11 to 13 times in total length, length of head G to 7 times. Vent equally or nearly equally distant from end of snout and from caudal, its distance from head 2^ to 2f times length of latter. Snout 3 times as long as eye, ending in an appendage which is aljout H times as long as eye; mouth extending hardly to below posterior nostril; a strong erectile spine below the latter ; two st
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 118 0. MASTACEMBELUS SCLATERI. Bouleiig. Pioc. Zool. Soc. 190:5, i. ji. 28, i>l. v. fig. 2. Depth of body 11 to 13 times in total length, length of head G to 7 times. Vent equally or nearly equally distant from end of snout and from caudal, its distance from head 2^ to 2f times length of latter. Snout 3 times as long as eye, ending in an appendage which is aljout H times as long as eye; mouth extending hardly to below posterior nostril; a strong erectile spine below the latter ; two strong pneopercuhir spines. Dorsal XXVI-XXVll 85-00; spines short, last longest and nearly twice as long as eye; distance between first si)ine and head \ to f length of latter. Anal II 80-90. Caudal obtusely pointed. Pectoral not quite ^ length of head. Scales very small, 19 to 21 between origin of soft dorsal and lateral line. Olive-brown, whitish on the l)elly; a dark band on each side of the head, passing throngli Fig. Maslacem lielus nclaten. Type (P. Z. S. 1903). the eye, sometimes continued on the anterior part of the body; a series of square or X-shaped dark spots may be present on each side, on the lateral line; a more or less distinct series of dark light-edged ocelli along the base of the dorsal; posterior part of dorsal and anal, and caudal black-edged. Total length 300 millim. South Cameroon. l-l. Tyi)cs. 5-('>. Hgr. 7. Hgr. 8. y. Skel. Near Efuk'ii. ,I;i 1{. :it Bitye. G. L. Bates. E:^q. ( 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 Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937; British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology. Lond.
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