. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. HAPLOCHILUS. 47 5. HAPLOCHILUS FERRANTI. %13onleng. Bull. Soc. Nat. Luxemb. 1010, p. 285. Depth of body 6 to 6^ times in total length, length of head 3J to 4 times. Head flat above; snout broad, rounded, a little shorter than eye; mouth directed upwards, lower jaw projecting ; eye 3^ times in length of head, Ij times- in interorbital width ; prteorbital very narrow. Dorsal 10, originating twice as far from centre of eye or end of snout as from root of caudal, above middle of ana
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. HAPLOCHILUS. 47 5. HAPLOCHILUS FERRANTI. %13onleng. Bull. Soc. Nat. Luxemb. 1010, p. 285. Depth of body 6 to 6^ times in total length, length of head 3J to 4 times. Head flat above; snout broad, rounded, a little shorter than eye; mouth directed upwards, lower jaw projecting ; eye 3^ times in length of head, Ij times- in interorbital width ; prteorbital very narrow. Dorsal 10, originating twice as far from centre of eye or end of snout as from root of caudal, above middle of anal, longest ray about ^ length of head. Anal 13-14. Pectoral nearly f length of head, not reaching Fig. Hcildocliilus ferranti. 6, type. ventral; latter small, equally distant from end of snout and from root of caudal. Caudal rounded or subacuminate, as long as head. Caudal peduncle 1| times as long as deep. 30-32 scales in longitudinal series, 20 round body in front of ventrals; lateral line indicated by a series of shallow pits. Brown above and on the sides, dirty white beneath ; usually a bright yellow, continuous or interrupted* lateral band, from the gill-cover to the base of the caudal; dorsal and caudal brown, spotted with yellow; some orange on the pectoral and ventrals. Total length 50 millim. Kasai, Congo.—^Types in Luxemburg Museum, 1. One of the types. Kondue, K;isai. jM. E. Liija (C). 2-;}, 4-1). Ad. G. HAPLOCHILUS (^AMERONENSIS. PxmleDg. Ann. Si Mag. N. H. (7) xii. IDOn, p. 410. Depth of body 4J to 5^ times in total length, length of head 3| to 4 times. Head flat above ; snout broad, rounded, a little shorter than eye ; mouth directed upwards, lower jaw slightly projecting ; eye 'd\ to o^ times in length of head, If to 2 times in interorbital width; pne- orbital very narrow. Dorsal 11-12, originating twice as far from centre. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloratio
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