. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 222 ADDENDA, VOL. I. Caudal peduncle If times to twice as long as deep. Scales 34-35 -g^p- 2\ between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Bluish black, darker above than below. Total length 158 millim. Neelspruit, Transvaal.âTypes in S. African Museum, Cape Town. W\e. Varicorldnus nedspruiteiisis. Type (Arm. S. Afr. Mus.). f. id. VARICORHINUS RUWENZORII. Capoiita (VterOcapoetd) ruwenzorii, Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Zool. France,
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 222 ADDENDA, VOL. I. Caudal peduncle If times to twice as long as deep. Scales 34-35 -g^p- 2\ between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Bluish black, darker above than below. Total length 158 millim. Neelspruit, Transvaal.âTypes in S. African Museum, Cape Town. W\e. Varicorldnus nedspruiteiisis. Type (Arm. S. Afr. Mus.). f. id. VARICORHINUS RUWENZORII. Capoiita (VterOcapoetd) ruwenzorii, Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, xxxiv. 1909, p. 156, and Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xxii. 1910, p. 284, pi. xiv. fig. 1. Depth of body 4 to 4J times in total length, length of head of to 4 times. Snout rounded, ^ length of head ; eye 4 to 4^ times in length of head, 1^ times in interorbital width ; mouth feebly curved, its width â J length of head; a minute barbel at angle of mouth. Dorsal III 10, a little nearer root of caudal than end of snout; last simple ray slender, flexible, nearly as long as head; border of fin slightly emarginate. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral f length of head, not reaching ventral, which is inserted below anterior branched rays of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked. Caudal peduncle \\ to 2 times as 6-â7- long as deep. Scales 39-40 -2jo^, 3|- between lateral line and root of ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle, sides; caudal greyish, other fins yelloAV. Total length 94 millim. Wimi R., Southern slope of Mt. Museum. Olive-brown, silvery on the Ruwenzori.âTypes in Paris. 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, 1858-1937. London : Printed by order of the Trustees : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and
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