Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . tupper profile ; bones of head rugose and striated ; prsemaxillary part ofsnout narrowed, rounded, projecting beyond lower jaw ; eye lateral,subinferior, 2 to 2^ times in length of snout, 5 to 7 times in length ofhead. If to 2J times in interorbital width ; maxillary extending tobelow posterior border of eye or a little beyond; a triangular dermalfold on each side of the lower jaw, covering a notch between pr«-maxillary and maxillary bones. Gill-rakers long and slender, 12-14on lower part of anterior arc
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . tupper profile ; bones of head rugose and striated ; prsemaxillary part ofsnout narrowed, rounded, projecting beyond lower jaw ; eye lateral,subinferior, 2 to 2^ times in length of snout, 5 to 7 times in length ofhead. If to 2J times in interorbital width ; maxillary extending tobelow posterior border of eye or a little beyond; a triangular dermalfold on each side of the lower jaw, covering a notch between pr«-maxillary and maxillary bones. Gill-rakers long and slender, 12-14on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal II 7, above space betweenventrals and anal, 2h to 3 times as distant from end of snout as from VOL. I. N 178 root of caudal, longest ray f to f length of head. Anal II 9. Pectoralpointed, J to f length of head, not reaching ventral. Caudal forked,with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. Scalesrather rugose, 49-58 ^, 3 or 4 between lateral line and scaly processat base of ventral. Brown or olive above, silvery beneath ; young with Fig. ^, Sarcodaces , j. rather indistinct dark cross-bars above the lateral line, and a small black spot behind the head; fins grey or blackish, dorsal, anal, andcaudal often with small round darker spots between the rays ; adiposefin black, orange at the base. Total length 330 millim. Rivers of West Africa, Shari, Congo, Zambesi, Lake Ngami.—Typein Berlin Museum. St. Louis, Senegal. Gambia. Lagos. Nyankoma, Gold Coast. Niiier. 1- 2. Ad. 3. Ad. ?1- 5. G. Ad. 7. Ad. 8. Skull. 9- ?11. Yg. 12. Yg. 13. Ad. 14. Yg. 15. Ad. 16. Ad. 17. Hgr. 18. Hor. M. P. Delbez (C).J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.).H. T. Ussher, Esq. (P.).P. B. N. AValker, Es(]. (P.).Mr. J. T. Dalton (C). Sapelle, Lower , „ Benuc P., N. of R., S. , Ogo^, Gaboon. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). Jl. L. Norton Traill, Esq. (C).G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). Miss Kingsley (C). SAKCODACE
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