. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 212 3. ENGRAULICYPRIS ARGENTEUS. Feobola argentea, Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1904, p. 184, and Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvii. 1905, p. 178, fig. ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 268, pi. xlvi. fig. 5 (1907). Depth of body A.\ to 4f times in total length, length of head 3f to 4^- times. Head about twice as long as broad; snout acutely pointed, not projecting beyond mouth, slightly shorter than diameter of eye, which is nearly 3 times
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 212 3. ENGRAULICYPRIS ARGENTEUS. Feobola argentea, Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1904, p. 184, and Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvii. 1905, p. 178, fig. ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 268, pi. xlvi. fig. 5 (1907). Depth of body A.\ to 4f times in total length, length of head 3f to 4^- times. Head about twice as long as broad; snout acutely pointed, not projecting beyond mouth, slightly shorter than diameter of eye, which is nearly 3 times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye ; suborbitals covering greater part of cheek. Gill-rakers moderately long, 16 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal II 7, its origin corresponding to or slightly in advance of. EiigrauUcyjpris argentens. Type (F. N.). that of the anal, nearly twice as far from end of snout as from base of caudal ; first branched ray longest, about f- length of head. Anal II 15-16. Pectoral acutely pointed, a little shorter than head, not ex- tending to ventral. Caudal deeply forked. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales 48-52 -^j-2, 1 between lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Yellowish brown above, silvery on the sides; caudal hn bright yellow, the other fins white or greyish. Total length 60 millim. Lake Victoria.—Types in Paris Museum. 1-2. Types. Kavirondo Bay. M. Alluaud (C.) ; Paris Museum (E.). 3. Ad. 5) » 4. Ad. Kisumu Bay, Kavirondo. A. Blayney Percival, Esq. (P.) 5-10. Ad. Bunjako. Mr. E. Degen (C). .1. Ad. Bugala, Sesse Ids. Dr. E. Bayon (C.) ; Genoa Museum (P.).. 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, 1
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