Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . g as deep. Scales 35-88 jrf, 3-3^ between lateral line and root ofventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Yellowish, the scales on the backand sides finely speckled with brown, especially towards the border;a dark brown rhomboidal spot or vertical bar on the caudal peduncle 343 near the base of the caudal, and a more or less distinct daik bar on thebase of the fin; fins whitish, transparent. Total length 43 miilim. Upper Nile and White Types. Near Kermeh, 3rd Cataract. L. Loafc. Esq. (C). 6
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . g as deep. Scales 35-88 jrf, 3-3^ between lateral line and root ofventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Yellowish, the scales on the backand sides finely speckled with brown, especially towards the border;a dark brown rhomboidal spot or vertical bar on the caudal peduncle 343 near the base of the caudal, and a more or less distinct daik bar on thebase of the fin; fins whitish, transparent. Total length 43 miilim. Upper Nile and White Types. Near Kermeh, 3rd Cataract. L. Loafc. Esq. (C). 6. Hgr. Kaka, White Nile. „ 4. DISOOGNATHTJS Proe. Zool. Soc. 1903, ii. p. 330, pi. xxxi. fig. 1. Body feebly compressed, its depth 5 to 6 times in total length. Headas broad as deep, 1^ times as long as broad, •§- to \ total length ; snoutrounded, projecting beyond mouth ; interorbital region convex, its widthnot quite | length of head; eye lateral, but better visible from abovethan from below, in middle of length of head, its diameter 4 to 5| times Fig. % Discognathus (P. Z. S. 1903). f in length of head and 2 to 2-§- times in interorbital width; width ofmouth not quite ^ length of head ; upper lip well developed, notfringed ; lower lip embracing a mental disk which is broader than long ;2 barbels on each side, measuring f to f diameter of eye. Dorsal III 7,equally distant from end of snout or nostrils and from caudal; longestray a little longer than head. Anal II 5. Pectoral as long as or slightlylonger than head, not reaching ventral, which is situated below middleof dorsal. Caudal deeply emarginate. Caudal peduncle 1-^ to If timesas long as deep. Scales 38-40 J, 3A-4 between lateral line and ventral,16 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, white beneath. Total length 80 miilim. Maki River, running into L. Types. Maki R. Prof. 0. Neumann (C). DISCOGNATHUS. 349 5. DISCOGNATHUS lamta (non Ham. Buch.)
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