. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. G2 CYPUINODONTIB^. projecting; eye as long as postocular part of head, about | interorbital width; praeorbital about ^ diameter of eye. Dorsal 7-8, originating twice as far from centre or posterior border of eye as from root of caudal, above middle of anal ; longest rays nearly as long as head in male, much shorter in female. Anal 13-14. Pectoral f to | length of head, extending a little beyond root of ventral; latter nearer end of snout than root of caudal, rather long and p
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. G2 CYPUINODONTIB^. projecting; eye as long as postocular part of head, about | interorbital width; praeorbital about ^ diameter of eye. Dorsal 7-8, originating twice as far from centre or posterior border of eye as from root of caudal, above middle of anal ; longest rays nearly as long as head in male, much shorter in female. Anal 13-14. Pectoral f to | length of head, extending a little beyond root of ventral; latter nearer end of snout than root of caudal, rather long and pointed in the male. Caudal nearly Kg:. 47. Haplocliilus spilauchen. (S 2 1 Gaboon. as long as head, rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 25-28 scales in longitudiual series, 16-18 round body in front of ventrals ; lateral line absent or represented by a few very few shallow pits. Brownish or dark olive-green above, whitish beneath ; male usually with very numerous dark vertical bars, most distinct on the caudal part of the body; fins uniform white in the female; in the male, dorsal and posterior part of anal with numerous dark spots forming transverse series, and numerous vertical dark bars on the caudal. Total length 70 millim. AA'est Africa, from Museum. 1. Ad. 2-7. Ad. 8-12. Ad. 13. Hgr. 14-15. Ad. 10-1 .s. Ad. & ligr. 19-23. Ad. 24. Skcl. Ad. 26-31, 32-33, 34, 35. Ad. & ligr. 3G. Hgr. 37-38. Ad. Senegal Geba R. iit Bafata, Portug. Guinea. , in mangrove .swamp. Degama, Lower Niger. Warri, Old Calabar. Benito R., Spanish Guinea. Gaboon. to Lower Congo.—^Types in Paris Dr. W. J. Ansorge (Ci.). Ogowe. Cliiloango Town, Porhigue- ConoQ. Major G. E. Bruce (P.). Dr. Ansorge ((,'). Mr. J. Paul Arnold (P.). Miss Kingsley,(C.). G. L. Bates, (C). R. Walker, (C). Miss Kingsley (C.). Dr. ^Y. J. Ansorge (C).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration
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