. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 150 ADDENDA, VOL. I. postorbital and spiracular shields ; suboperculum not or but slightly larger than eye. Dorsal with XIII to XV spines, all strongly over- lapping when folded. Anal 12-13. Pectoral reaching beyond vertical of first dorsal spine. 55-56 scales in a longitudinal series, 11-13 between occiput and first dorsal spine, 42-46 round middle of body. Fie. Polypterus ansorgii. Type. f. Greyish brown above, with 7 or 8 black bars acr
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 150 ADDENDA, VOL. I. postorbital and spiracular shields ; suboperculum not or but slightly larger than eye. Dorsal with XIII to XV spines, all strongly over- lapping when folded. Anal 12-13. Pectoral reaching beyond vertical of first dorsal spine. 55-56 scales in a longitudinal series, 11-13 between occiput and first dorsal spine, 42-46 round middle of body. Fie. Polypterus ansorgii. Type. f. Greyish brown above, with 7 or 8 black bars across the back, and a series of 11 to 13 squarish black spots along each side, with smaller and more irregular ones below ; fins spotted and mottled with blackish. Total length 205 millim. Corbal River, Portuguese Guinea. 1. One of the types. Tchitoli, Corbal R. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (P.). 4. POLYPTERUS ENDLICHERI, Heck. Add:— 17-18. Yg. Anambra R., Lower Niger. W. J. Crocombe, Esq. (P.). 8. POLYPTERUS SENEGALUS, Guv. Pellegr. Poiss. Bass. Tchad, p. 47, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1914). Add:— 98-107. Yg. Anambra R., Lower Niger. W. J. Crocombe, Esq. (P.). Add:— 11-12. Yg. 13. Yg. 14. kA. 9. POLYPTERUS PALMAS, Ayres. R. Corbal, Portug. Guinea. Sierra Leone. Pujermn, Sierra Leone. Dr. W; J. Ansorge (C). Liverpool School of Trop. Medicine (P.). N. TV. Thomas, Esq. (P.).. 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937. London : Printed by order of the Trustees : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Museum (Natural History)
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