. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 350 SILURID^E. twice as long as inner; vomerine teeth in a short transverse series. Dorsal I 6, a little nearer end of snout than root of caudal ; spine short and feeble ; longest rays f- length of head. Adipose dorsal a little shorter than its distance from the rayed dorsal. Anal 12, opposed to adipose dorsal, which is about |- as long as its distance from rayed dorsal. Pectoral spine \ length of head, strongly serrated on inner border. Ventral inserted a little behind verti
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 350 SILURID^E. twice as long as inner; vomerine teeth in a short transverse series. Dorsal I 6, a little nearer end of snout than root of caudal ; spine short and feeble ; longest rays f- length of head. Adipose dorsal a little shorter than its distance from the rayed dorsal. Anal 12, opposed to adipose dorsal, which is about |- as long as its distance from rayed dorsal. Pectoral spine \ length of head, strongly serrated on inner border. Ventral inserted a little behind vertical of dorsal, not reaching anal. Fig. Phyllonemus tijpus. Type (Tr. Z. S. J 90(5). Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. Caudal deeply notched. Brown above, white below; maxillary barbels blackish at the end; dorsal dark brown, adipose fin dark brown, white behind; caudal brown, each lobe tipped with white; anal white, dark brown at the base; veutrals white. Total length 73 millim. Lake Tanganyika. l. Type. Niamkolo. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 19. LEPTOGLANIS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. p. 42 (1902). Body more or less elongate, feebly compressed. Dorsal and anal tins short, the former consisting of a spine and 5 branched rays; an adipose dorsal fin. Pectoral fin expanded horizontally, with a spine. Ventral fin with 6 rays, behind dorsal. Three pairs of barbels : maxillary and two mandibulars. Nostrils widely separated from each other. Eye superior, without free border. Mouth small, with minute teeth ; palate toothless; maxillary much prolonged, movable, connected with the head by a membranous fold. Gill-membranes narrowly attached to isthmus. Air-bladder large, free. Tropical 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; Boule
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