. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 334 SILUEID^. 1. Hgr., type. Lower Congo. -â Yg. Coqnilhatville, Upp. Congo. 3. Hgr. Kutu, L. Leopold II., Upp. Congo. 4-5. Ad. & yg. Monsemhe, Upp. Congo. 6-7. Yg. Kondue, Kasai. 8. Skel. Albertville, L. Tanganyika. Capt. Tnckey (C). M. P. Delliez (('.). L!ov. J. H. Weeks (C. M. Luja (C.). Capt. Hecq (C). 14. CHRYSICHTHYS PUNCTATUS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 107, pi. xlii. fig. I (1899), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 2*7 (1901). Depth of body 5 to 5J times in to
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 334 SILUEID^. 1. Hgr., type. Lower Congo. -â Yg. Coqnilhatville, Upp. Congo. 3. Hgr. Kutu, L. Leopold II., Upp. Congo. 4-5. Ad. & yg. Monsemhe, Upp. Congo. 6-7. Yg. Kondue, Kasai. 8. Skel. Albertville, L. Tanganyika. Capt. Tnckey (C). M. P. Delliez (('.). L!ov. J. H. Weeks (C. M. Luja (C.). Capt. Hecq (C). 14. CHRYSICHTHYS PUNCTATUS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 107, pi. xlii. fig. I (1899), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 2*7 (1901). Depth of body 5 to 5J times in total length, length of head 3 to 3| times. Head moderately depressed, 1J times as long as broad, rugose above; occipital process narrow, in contact with interneural shield; snout rounded, projecting very slightly beyond mouth, about ^ length of head; eye 4 times in length of head and 1J times in interocuiar width; width of mouth about \ length of head ; pnemaxillary band of Fisr. Chrysivhthys punctatus. Type (A. M. C). |. teeth feebly curved, 4 to 5 times as long as broad; vomero-pterygoid teeth forming a long and narrow band interrupted in the middle; nasal barbel a little shorter than eye ; maxillary barbel £ to f length of head ; outer mandibular barbel 1J times as long as inner, and f to § length of head. Gill-rakers moderate, 13 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal. 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 [by Taylor and Francis]
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