Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . deep, a little shorter than head. 60 scales 17. 11 in lateral line, jy in transverse series on body, jj in transverse seriesbetween dorsal and anal, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark brownabove, lighter beneath. Total length 190 millim. Upper Congo. 1. Typo. Upper (Jongo. Brussels University. MARCUSENIUS. S5 24. MARCUSENIUS psittacus, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) xx. 1897, p. psittacus, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 798, and Poiss. , p. 81 (1901). Depth of bo
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . deep, a little shorter than head. 60 scales 17. 11 in lateral line, jy in transverse series on body, jj in transverse seriesbetween dorsal and anal, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark brownabove, lighter beneath. Total length 190 millim. Upper Congo. 1. Typo. Upper (Jongo. Brussels University. MARCUSENIUS. S5 24. MARCUSENIUS psittacus, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) xx. 1897, p. psittacus, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 798, and Poiss. , p. 81 (1901). Depth of body 3 to 3^ times in total length, length of head i\ to 5-^times. Head as long as deep ; snout rounded, \ to \ length of head ;mouth small, terminal or subinferior, its width \ or \ length of head;teeth small, notched, 5-7 in upper jaw, 6-8 in lower; chin slightlyswollen; nostrils on a line with or a little below centre of eye, nearerlatter than end of snout; eye rather large, not or but slightly longerthan snout, equal to or a little less than intcrorbital width. Dorsal Fig. PNBB Marcusenhis psittacus*Type. %m
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