. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 42 GOBUD-E. 1. GOBIOIDES ANS011G1L Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) iv. 1909, p. 431. Depth of body 8 to 10 times in total length, length of head 6 to 7 times. Snout £ length of head; eye very small; lower jaw pro- minent ; maxillary extending to beyond vertical of eye ; very regular series of sensory papillae on the head. Dorsal VI-VII 19-21, rays subequal, f length of head. Caudal nearly twice as long as head, acutely pointed. Scales very sm
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 42 GOBUD-E. 1. GOBIOIDES ANS011G1L Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) iv. 1909, p. 431. Depth of body 8 to 10 times in total length, length of head 6 to 7 times. Snout £ length of head; eye very small; lower jaw pro- minent ; maxillary extending to beyond vertical of eye ; very regular series of sensory papillae on the head. Dorsal VI-VII 19-21, rays subequal, f length of head. Caudal nearly twice as long as head, acutely pointed. Scales very small. Head and back greyish, the rest of the body yellowish ; fins white. Total length 280 millim. 11. Mansoa (tidal), Portuguese Guinea. 1-3. Types. Port Mansoa. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). Fig. Gobioides ansorgii. Type. 5. SICYDIUM. Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xii. p. 167 (1837) ; GHinth. Cat. Fish. hi. p. 91 (1861) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1884, p. 153. Sieyopterus, Gill, Pioc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 101. Cotylopus, Guichen. in Maillard, Notes Reunion, ii. Add. C, p. 9 (1862). Small, movable, slender labial teeth in both jaws, attached to the bone by ligament, those on the lower lip directed horizontally outwards; lower jaw with a series of widely set conical teeth. Two dorsal fins, the anterior with 5 to 7 flexible spines, the posterior with one simple and 10 to 12 branched rays. Anal similar to second dorsal. Ventral fins united into a cup-shaped disk, more or less adherent to the belly. Scales small, strongly ciliated. Fresh waters near the sea, within the tropics; breeding in the sea. Five species in 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 : Sold b
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