. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . erus annectens, Hartmann, Nat. Skizze Nilliind. p. 202 (1865).Protoptetnts annectenn, part., A. Dum. Hist. Poiss. ii. p. 470 (1870) ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. viii. p. 322 (1870) ; A. Selmeid. Zool. Beitr. ii. 1887, p. 98. Depth of body 7 to 9^ times in the total length. Length of head 3-fto 5 times in distance from end of snout to vent; snout broadly rounded,\ to -5- length of head ; eye very small, its diameter 10 to 20 times inlength of head (in half-grown and adult), 3 to 5 times in interocularwidth. 55—41
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . erus annectens, Hartmann, Nat. Skizze Nilliind. p. 202 (1865).Protoptetnts annectenn, part., A. Dum. Hist. Poiss. ii. p. 470 (1870) ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. viii. p. 322 (1870) ; A. Selmeid. Zool. Beitr. ii. 1887, p. 98. Depth of body 7 to 9^ times in the total length. Length of head 3-fto 5 times in distance from end of snout to vent; snout broadly rounded,\ to -5- length of head ; eye very small, its diameter 10 to 20 times inlength of head (in half-grown and adult), 3 to 5 times in interocularwidth. 55—41 pairs of ribs. Dorsal fin originating at equal distancefrom occiput and from vent, or nearer latter. Fore limb the longerand provided with a well-developed fringe ; no fringe on the hind to 70 scales in a longitudinal series from gill-opening to abovethe vent, 40 to 50 round middle of body. Grey or olive-brown toblackish above, yellowish white or pinkish beneath, more or less spottedor speckled with black ; lines of sensory canals brown or black. 22 LEPIDOSIRENHXE. Fin;. Proloplerus Albert Edward (F. N.). A. Total length 1380 millim. From the Eastern Sudan to the borders of Lake Tanganyika.—Typein Vienna Museum. Mouth of White Nile (?).Wadelai, Albertine Albert Edward. 1. Ad., stffd. 2. Skull. 6-13. Ad., hgr., & yg14, 15. Ad., stffd. 16, 17. Ad. & yg. 18. Ad., skin. 19. Skel. 20. Ad. Entebbe, Lake Victoria. Kakonde E., south end ofL. Tanganyika. Emin Pasha (P.). Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). Scott Elliot, Esq. (P.). Mr. E. Degen (C). Mr. W. G. Doggett (0.) ; Sir Harry Johnston (P.). Mr. W. G. Doggett (C.) ;Col. Delme Radcliffe (P.). Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 3. PROTOPTEEUS DOLLOI. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 155, pi. lvi. (1900), and Poiss. Bass. Congo,p. 37 (1901). Depth of body 11| to 12 times in total length. Length of head 5 to6 times in distance from end of snout to vent; snout broadly rounded,mo
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