Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . -xxvii. ; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 342, pi. ,Oyyex\, Tr. Linn. Soc. t. c. p. 332 ; Peters, Reise Mossaiub, iv. p. 3, pi. i. fig. 1 (1808).Rhinocryptis amphibia, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1844, p. annedens, Jardine, Ann. & Mag. X. IL vii. 1841, p. 21 ; Gray, Cat. Batr. Grad. p. 02 (1850) ; Lankester, Tr. Zool. Soc. xiv. 181»0, p. 11, pi. ii. fig. 2 : Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 30 (1901), and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, ii. p. 325, pi. xxviii. fig.
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . -xxvii. ; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 342, pi. ,Oyyex\, Tr. Linn. Soc. t. c. p. 332 ; Peters, Reise Mossaiub, iv. p. 3, pi. i. fig. 1 (1808).Rhinocryptis amphibia, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1844, p. annedens, Jardine, Ann. & Mag. X. IL vii. 1841, p. 21 ; Gray, Cat. Batr. Grad. p. 02 (1850) ; Lankester, Tr. Zool. Soc. xiv. 181»0, p. 11, pi. ii. fig. 2 : Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 30 (1901), and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, ii. p. 325, pi. xxviii. fig. rldnocryj^tis, Gray, 1. c. p. annectena, part., A. Dum. Hist. Poiss. ii. p. 470 (1870) ; Giintli. Cat. Fish. viii. p. 322 (1870) ; A. Schneid. Zool. Anz. 1880, p. 524, and Zool. Beitr. ii. 1887, p. ampldblus, A. Schneid. II. cc. Depth of body ^\ to &J times in total length. Length of head 3^ to4-^ times in distance from end of snout to vent; snout broadly rounded,about \ length of hend ; eye small, its diameter 8 to 12 times in length Fig. Protopterus an nee , after Gray (P. Z. S. 1856). i. of head (in half-grown and adult), 21 to 8-3 times in interocular to 36 pairs of ribs. Dorsal originating nearer occiput than limb longer than hind limb and provided with a well-developed,often strong fringe; hind limb with a more or less distinct or rudi-mentary fringe. 40 to 50 scales in a longitudinal series from gill-opening to above vent, 36 to 40 round middle of body. Grey-brownor olive above, lighter beneath, with or without round blackish spots ;lines of sensory canals brown or black. Total length 650 millim. West Africa, from the Senegal to the Niger, Chad Basin, East Africa,as far south as the Zambesi.—Type in Museum of Royal College ofSurgeons. PEOTOPTERUS. 91 Sir R. Owen (P.).Crystal Palace Co. (P.).Lord Derby (P.).J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.).Capt. Vipan (P.). Col. Hill (P.). Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). J. S. Budgett
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