Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . , with a silvery lateral band, which becomesblackish on the caudal peduncle and extends as a black band on thecaudal fin. Lower Congo.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1-2. Two o£ the types. Boma. M. P. Delhez (C.). 3. One of the types of Congo. 11. College o£ Surgeons (P.). longipinnis* PETERSICJS. 237 8. PETERSIUS PULCHER, sp. of body 2f to 2£ times in total length, length of head 3\ to oftimes. Head 1\ to 1\ times as long as broad, with slightly concaveupper profile ; jaws equal in fron
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . , with a silvery lateral band, which becomesblackish on the caudal peduncle and extends as a black band on thecaudal fin. Lower Congo.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1-2. Two o£ the types. Boma. M. P. Delhez (C.). 3. One of the types of Congo. 11. College o£ Surgeons (P.). longipinnis* PETERSICJS. 237 8. PETERSIUS PULCHER, sp. of body 2f to 2£ times in total length, length of head 3\ to oftimes. Head 1\ to 1\ times as long as broad, with slightly concaveupper profile ; jaws equal in front; snout \ diameter of eye, which equalspostorbital part of head; interorbital width 3 times in length of head;maxillary extending to below anterior border of eye ; outer prasmaxillaryteeth 4, alternating with those of the inner row, 8 in number ; 8 teethin lower jaw. Gill-rakers short, 12-13 on lower part of anterior II 8, originating just behind vertical of base of ventrals, at equaldistance from nostrils and from caudal, longest ray as long as or longer Fig. Petersius than head. Adipose fin small. Anal III 17. Pectoral nearly as longas head, reaching ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle as long asdeep. Scales 24-25 p, 2 between lateral line and ventral; lateral lineincomplete, not extending beyond 6th to 9th scale. Greenish yellow onthe back, silvery below, tinged with orange on the caudal part of thebody; a vertically oval black spot above the shoulder; a broad blackband on the side of the tail, continued on median rays of caudal; finsgreyish, more or less tinged with orange ; ventral fin black at the tip,anal finely edged with black. Total length 55 millim. South Types. Ja River (Congo System) at Bitye, G. L, Bates, Esq. (C.)« 9. PETERSIUS Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 436. Depth of body 2\ to 2^ times in total length, length of head 4times. Head as long as deep, twice as long as broad, with slight
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