. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 38 CYPRiNODONTIDJE. 15. FUNDULUS SJOESTEDTI. Lonnberg, 0£v. Ak. Forh. Stockh. 1895, p. 191 ; Rachow, Bl. Aq. Terr. 1911, p. 101, fig.; Traber, t. c. p. 669, fig.; Arnold, Woch. Aq. Terr. 1911, p. 137, fig. Dopth of body 4 to 4J times in total length, length of head %\ to 3§ times. Head flat above; snout short and broad, as long as eye ; mouth directed upwards ; lower jaw projecting ; eye 3^ to 4 times in length of head, nearly twice in interorbi
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 38 CYPRiNODONTIDJE. 15. FUNDULUS SJOESTEDTI. Lonnberg, 0£v. Ak. Forh. Stockh. 1895, p. 191 ; Rachow, Bl. Aq. Terr. 1911, p. 101, fig.; Traber, t. c. p. 669, fig.; Arnold, Woch. Aq. Terr. 1911, p. 137, fig. Dopth of body 4 to 4J times in total length, length of head %\ to 3§ times. Head flat above; snout short and broad, as long as eye ; mouth directed upwards ; lower jaw projecting ; eye 3^ to 4 times in length of head, nearly twice in interorbital width ; space between eye and lip very narrow, the latter forming an angle fitting into a notch close to the former. Dorsal 17-19, originating at equal distance from eye and from. Fuiidulus sjoestedti. 6 ?. Calabar. base of caudal; longest (posterior) rays § to £ length of head. Anal 17-19, originating opposite or a little behind origin of dorsal. Pectoral |- length of head, hardly reaching base of ventral, which is small and midway between end of snout and base of caudal. Caudal rounded in female, truncate, with or without some of the middle rays produced into filaments in male. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. 33-36 scales in longitudinal series, 26-30 round body in front of ventrals. Brownish, male with bright carmine-red markings, with few oblique bands and streaks on the sides of the head, and spots and vertical bars on the body; a red band round the chin; upper half of caudal dark purplish or with longitudinal red bands, lower half whitish, partly streaked, partly spotted, or with an oblique red band with purplish outer edge ; a bright carmine-red band along the dorsal, which, like the anal, may also be spotted with red. Total length 70 millim. Coast of Guinea to Cameroon.—Types in Stockholm Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of
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