Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . (1861). Hydrocyon lineatus, Bleek. Nat. Verh. Ver. Haarl. xviii. 1862, no. 2, p. 125 ;Giinth. Cat. Fish. v. p. 352 (1864); M. Web. Zool. Jahrb., Syst. x. 1897,p. 155 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 143 (1901) ; Werner, Sitzb. Ak. Wien,cxv. i. 1906, p. 1126 ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 104, pi. xvii. fig. 2 (1907). Hydrocyon forskalii, part., Peters, Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 69 (1868). Hydrocyon forskalii (non Cuv.), Steind. Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 62. Depth of body 3| to 4J times in total length, length
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . (1861). Hydrocyon lineatus, Bleek. Nat. Verh. Ver. Haarl. xviii. 1862, no. 2, p. 125 ;Giinth. Cat. Fish. v. p. 352 (1864); M. Web. Zool. Jahrb., Syst. x. 1897,p. 155 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 143 (1901) ; Werner, Sitzb. Ak. Wien,cxv. i. 1906, p. 1126 ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 104, pi. xvii. fig. 2 (1907). Hydrocyon forskalii, part., Peters, Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 69 (1868). Hydrocyon forskalii (non Cuv.), Steind. Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 62. Depth of body 3| to 4J times in total length, length of head 3| to4\ times. Dorsal II 8-9, originating above or slightly in advance ofventral. Anal III 10-13. Caudal peduncle 1§ to If times as longas deep. Scales 44-48 ^|—gf. Otherwise as in H. forskalii. Blacklongitudinal streaks more strongly marked and extending to the seriesof scales below the lateral line ; adipose dorsal with a deep black spot. HYDROCYON. 183 Total length 420 millim. From the White and Blue Niles and the Niger to Lake Ngami (?)and the Limpopo River. Fi.
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