. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. FUIS'DULUS. 33 ]5-16, orij^inating slightly in advance of dorsal. Pectoral f length of head, reaching base of ventral; latter small, equally distant from end of snout and from root of caudal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 28-30 scales in longitudinal series, 22-24 round body in front of ventrals; lateral line indicated by a series of pits. Uniform brownish (badly preserved specimens). Total length 42 millim. Gold Coast. 1-3. Typos. Bokitsa Mine (Was'i). H. B.
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. FUIS'DULUS. 33 ]5-16, orij^inating slightly in advance of dorsal. Pectoral f length of head, reaching base of ventral; latter small, equally distant from end of snout and from root of caudal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 28-30 scales in longitudinal series, 22-24 round body in front of ventrals; lateral line indicated by a series of pits. Uniform brownish (badly preserved specimens). Total length 42 millim. Gold Coast. 1-3. Typos. Bokitsa Mine (Was'i). H. B. N. Walker, Es.}. (C.) ; Dr. A. Gilnther (P.). 10. FU;>fDULUS OBTHONOTUS. Ciiprinoilon orthonotus, , Mon. Beii. Ac. 1844, p. 35. Ilijdt'aripjra macnlata, Peters, Arch. f. Nat. 1855, i. p. 269. Inuululus orfhonoliis, part.^ Giintli, Cat. Fish. vi. p. 326 (1866). JS'othohrancJtitiS ortJionofus, Peters, Eeise Mossamb. iv. p. 61, pi. xii. fig. 1 (1868). Depth of body 3 to 3^ times in total length, length of head 2| to B times. Upper surface of head convex from between the eyes; snout short and broad, a little shorter than eye; mouth directed upwards ; lower jaw projecting; eye 4 times in length of head, If to 1| times in interorbital width; space between eye and lip very narrow, the latter forming an angle fitting into a notch close to the former. Dorsal 15-lG, originating midway between occiput and root of caudal, posterior Fig. Funchilus orthonotus. d , type, after Peters (Reise Mossarab.). rays longest, as long as head in male, shorter in female. Anal 14-lG, opposite to dorsal. Pectoral J to f length of head, reaching base of ventral or a little beyond; ventral small, nearer base of caudal than end of snout. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 28-30. 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
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