. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. PELMATOCHKOMIS. ill large, a little over twice as long as broad, with slightly concave upper profile ; snout as long as broad, 1^ diameters of eye, which is 4 times in length of head, 1^ times in interorbital width, and a little more than depth of praeorbital ; mouth oblique, extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth very small and few, in 3 series ; 3 series of scales on the cheek, the width of the scaly part equal to diameter of eye. Gill-rakers very short, posterio
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. PELMATOCHKOMIS. ill large, a little over twice as long as broad, with slightly concave upper profile ; snout as long as broad, 1^ diameters of eye, which is 4 times in length of head, 1^ times in interorbital width, and a little more than depth of praeorbital ; mouth oblique, extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth very small and few, in 3 series ; 3 series of scales on the cheek, the width of the scaly part equal to diameter of eye. Gill-rakers very short, posterior much expanded, much broader than long, 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV 9 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures f length of head; longest soft rays f length Fig. 282. '-, ^'V^V/^*-. j^. 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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