Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . Val. t. c. p. 199, pi. salmoneus, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 201 ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 473 (1868) ; Bleek. Atlas Ichth. vi. p. 81, pi. cclxxii. fig. 4 (1872); Day, Fish. Ind. p. 651, pi. clxvi. fig. 2(1878).Chanos mossambicus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1852, p. 684, and Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 93, pi. xx. fig. 1 (1868).Chanos chanos, Klunz. Verh. Ges. Wien, xxi. 1871, p. 605. Depth of body 3| to 3§ times in total length, length of head 3^ to 4times. Snout rounded, about as long as e
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . Val. t. c. p. 199, pi. salmoneus, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 201 ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 473 (1868) ; Bleek. Atlas Ichth. vi. p. 81, pi. cclxxii. fig. 4 (1872); Day, Fish. Ind. p. 651, pi. clxvi. fig. 2(1878).Chanos mossambicus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1852, p. 684, and Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 93, pi. xx. fig. 1 (1868).Chanos chanos, Klunz. Verh. Ges. Wien, xxi. 1871, p. 605. Depth of body 3| to 3§ times in total length, length of head 3^ to 4times. Snout rounded, about as long as eye, which is 3J to 4 times inlength of head ; interorbital region flat, its width 1 to 1| times diameterof eye; width of mouth less than length of snout. Gill-rakersvery closely set and extremely numerous, shorter than gill-lamellae. CIIANOS.—SALMOJVID/E. 165 Dorsal 13-17, equally distant from occiput and from base of caudal. Anal10-11. Pectoral f to f length of head, widely separated from deeply forked, with long pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle about Fig. Chanos , after Peters (B,nise Mossamb.). f. once and -| as long as deep. Scales 75-90 f^}, 12-14 between lateralline and scaly process at base of ventral. Silvery, bluish on the back. Total length 550 millim.—Grows to 1 metre or more. East coast of Africa to Polynesia. 1. Hgr., stfld. Red Sea. Dr. Riippell. 2. Ad., stffd. Zanzibar. Sir L. Playfair (C).3; Yg. „ Sir J. Kirk (P.). 4. Hgr. Seychelles. Sir L. Playfair (P.). 5-7. Yg. Rodriguez, in fresh water. G. Gulliver, Esq. ( Fam. 7. SALMONIDiE. Margin of the upper jaw formed by the prsemaxillaries and themaxillaries; supraoccipital bone in contact with the frontals ; opercularbones well developed. Ribs sessile, parapophyses very short or absent ;epineurals, sometimes also epipleurals, present. Pectoral fins low down,folding against the belly. An adipose dorsal fin. Oviducts rudimentaryor absent. Marine and fresh-water Fishes,
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