. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. CYl>RINID,E. â lib rays of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked. Caudal peduncle U to I5 times as long as deep. Scales 30-35 ^^, 2-2h between lateral line and ventral, 12-14 round caudal peduncle. Olive-brown above, white beneath ; fins briglit red, edged with greyish. Total length 195 milliin. Anffola. 1-11. Types. Lncalla Ji. at Lucallii. Vv. \V. J. Ansorge (C). 2//. VARICORHTNUS STENOSTOMA. Boideng. Ann. & Mag. N. IT. (.s) vi. 1910, p. fj-iO. Depth of 1)ody 3} times in total lengtli, length of head 4j t
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. CYl>RINID,E. â lib rays of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked. Caudal peduncle U to I5 times as long as deep. Scales 30-35 ^^, 2-2h between lateral line and ventral, 12-14 round caudal peduncle. Olive-brown above, white beneath ; fins briglit red, edged with greyish. Total length 195 milliin. Anffola. 1-11. Types. Lncalla Ji. at Lucallii. Vv. \V. J. Ansorge (C). 2//. VARICORHTNUS STENOSTOMA. Boideng. Ann. & Mag. N. IT. (.s) vi. 1910, p. fj-iO. Depth of 1)ody 3} times in total lengtli, length of head 4j times. Snout rounded, a littli- l)roader than long, a little shorter than eye, Fig. I'uricurhiiiKS sicnosloma. Type. wliich is 3 times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth curved, its width | length of head ; no papillse round the mouth; two barbels on each side, anterior about ^ diameter of eye, posterior 5. Dorsal IV 10, equally distant from centre of eye and from caudal; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, straight, 1^ times length of licad ; border of fin strongly cmarginate. Anal III 5, longest ray | li>ngth of licad. Pectoral as long as liead, not reaching ventral ; latter inserted below mi(hlle of dorsal. Caudal de('|)ly forked. Caudal. 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 Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937; British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology. Lond.
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