. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. •188 ?,0. BATONIA. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Genova, (3) v. 1911, p. 70. Near Hemitilapia, but teeth much larger and fewer, in two series, the outer with very large compressed crowns, with long anterior cusp directed inwards and very short or indistinct posterior cusp, the inner minute and conical. Victoria Nile. Kg. Bay onto, xenodonta. Type (Aim. Mus. Genova, 1911). 1. BAYONIA XENODONTA. Bouleng. 1. c. pi. ii. fig. 4. Depth of body 2
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. •188 ?,0. BATONIA. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Genova, (3) v. 1911, p. 70. Near Hemitilapia, but teeth much larger and fewer, in two series, the outer with very large compressed crowns, with long anterior cusp directed inwards and very short or indistinct posterior cusp, the inner minute and conical. Victoria Nile. Kg. Bay onto, xenodonta. Type (Aim. Mus. Genova, 1911). 1. BAYONIA XENODONTA. Bouleng. 1. c. pi. ii. fig. 4. Depth of body 2| times in total length, length of head 3 times. Head twice as long as broad, upper profile descending in an even curve; snout rounded, as long as broad, as long as eye, which is 3-3- times in length of head and equals interorbital width; jaws equal in front; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye; 24 teeth in outer row of upper jaw ; inner teeth small and few; three series of scales on the cheek, the depth of the scaly part below the eye less than the diameter of the latter. Gill-rakers short, 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI 9 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures nearly -J length of head ; longest soft rays a little more than I length of head. Anal III 9; third spine longest, not quite i length. 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 by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Museum (Natural History)
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