. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 14 2. SrCYDIUM ACUTll'INNIS. (otylopus acutij/iiiiiis, Guichen. in Maillard, Notes Reunion, ii. Add. C, p. 10 (1862) ; Bleek. Arch. Need. ix. 1874, p. 313. Sicydium acutipinne, Ogilvie-Graiit, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1884, p. 159. Depth of body 6 to 7 times in total length, length of head 5^ times. Head as broad as deep; eye o to G times in length of head, equal to interorbital width ; mouth extending to beh:)\v centre of eye; movable labial teeth tricuspid ; mandibular teeth subequal. Dorsals VI. I 10
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 14 2. SrCYDIUM ACUTll'INNIS. (otylopus acutij/iiiiiis, Guichen. in Maillard, Notes Reunion, ii. Add. C, p. 10 (1862) ; Bleek. Arch. Need. ix. 1874, p. 313. Sicydium acutipinne, Ogilvie-Graiit, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1884, p. 159. Depth of body 6 to 7 times in total length, length of head 5^ times. Head as broad as deep; eye o to G times in length of head, equal to interorbital width ; mouth extending to beh:)\v centre of eye; movable labial teeth tricuspid ; mandibular teeth subequal. Dorsals VI. I 10 ; last ray of second dorsal produced, as long as liead. Anal 1 10. Pectoral as long as head. Nape naked. About 70 scales in longi- tudinal series. Blaclvisli Ijrown. dorsal tins with liiihter varie'jations. Total length 00 millim. lleunion, Mascarene Islands.— ry]ie in Paris Museum. 1. Ad. Wvx Vav\< Mii-euiu ( v.). Fix. Sicijdium l((lice/is. After Siiuvage {I. c). 3. SICYDIUM LATIf'ErS. Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xii. p. 177 (1837) ; Giintli, Cat. Fi>li. lii. p. '.13 (1861) ; Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 378, pi. xl. A. tig. 2. and xh ii. fig. 5 (1891). Depth of body of times in total lengtli, length of head 5 times. Head broader tlian deep ; eye about -3 times in lengtli of head ; moutli extending to below anterior border of eye; movable labial teeth tricuspid; anterior mandibular teeth much longer than tlie other.*. Dorsals VI, I 10, rather widely separated ; second to fourth simple rays produced into filaments. Anal I 10. Pectoral as long as 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 Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937; British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology. Lond.
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