. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. SPARUS.—ClCllLI DJE. TOO J oo the cheek. Doisal XI 12 ; spines strong, increasing in length to the fourth, Nvliich measures a little more than ^ length of head and exceeds longest soft rays. Anal III 9; second spine strongest and a little longer than third. Pectoral as long as head. Caudal feebly emarginate. Scales 49 in the lateral line, 5 between the latter and the anterior dorsal spines. Silvery ; a black opercular spot; spinous dorsal black-edged, other fins reddish. Total l
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. SPARUS.—ClCllLI DJE. TOO J oo the cheek. Doisal XI 12 ; spines strong, increasing in length to the fourth, Nvliich measures a little more than ^ length of head and exceeds longest soft rays. Anal III 9; second spine strongest and a little longer than third. Pectoral as long as head. Caudal feebly emarginate. Scales 49 in the lateral line, 5 between the latter and the anterior dorsal spines. Silvery ; a black opercular spot; spinous dorsal black-edged, other fins reddish. Total length 280 millim. Lower Zambesi and Licuara Rivers.—Types in Berlin Museum. Fijr. SpOfltS VlKjUS. Type, after Peters (Z, c). Fam. 8. Perciform fishes with the suborbitals not produced into a subocular lamina, without teeth on the palate, the lower pharyngeal bones more or less completely united, but with median suture, gill-membranes free from isthmus, 5 or 6 branchiostegal rays, no pseudobranchiae, and a single nostril on each side. S()inous dorsal well developed, usually longer than the soft; anal with o spines or more. Praecaudal vertebrue with trans- verse processes from the third ; ribs most frequently ses>ile or subscssile. 10 Bou II/III. 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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