. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 404 33. COEEMATODUS. J3oul('no-. rioc. Zool. Soc. 18«IG, p. 918, and 1898, p. 152 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1901, !>. 349. Body moderately elongate; scales cycloid; two incomplete lateral lines. Jaws very massive, with extremely broad bands of innumerable minute club-shaped teeth with compressed oblique entire crowns ; maxillary concealed under the prseorbital when the mouth is closed. Dorsal with 16 spines, anal with 8. Vertebrse 32 (15-}-17). Lake N
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 404 33. COEEMATODUS. J3oul('no-. rioc. Zool. Soc. 18«IG, p. 918, and 1898, p. 152 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1901, !>. 349. Body moderately elongate; scales cycloid; two incomplete lateral lines. Jaws very massive, with extremely broad bands of innumerable minute club-shaped teeth with compressed oblique entire crowns ; maxillary concealed under the prseorbital when the mouth is closed. Dorsal with 16 spines, anal with 8. Vertebrse 32 (15-}-17). Lake Nyassa (Upper Shire Eiver). rig. 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, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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