. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 254 STLURTD-E. than interorbital width; band of praemaxillary teeth about 4 times as long as broad; vomerine teeth conical, forming a crescentic band which is longer and a little broader than the band of prsemaxillary teeth ; nasal barbel as long as or a little longer than head ; maxillary barbel 1| to 1| times length of head, reaching ventral or between pectoral and ventral; outer mandibular barbel 1^ to 1^ times as long as inner and about 1^ length of head. Gill-rakers moderat
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 254 STLURTD-E. than interorbital width; band of praemaxillary teeth about 4 times as long as broad; vomerine teeth conical, forming a crescentic band which is longer and a little broader than the band of prsemaxillary teeth ; nasal barbel as long as or a little longer than head ; maxillary barbel 1| to 1| times length of head, reaching ventral or between pectoral and ventral; outer mandibular barbel 1^ to 1^ times as long as inner and about 1^ length of head. Gill-rakers moderate, 14 or 15 on anterior arch. Clavicles hidden under the skin. Dorsal 65-78, rig. Clarias alluaudi. Type (E. N.). f its distance from occipital process about \ length of head, extending to root of caudal. Anal 55-62, extending to root of caudal. Pectoral ^ length of head, the spine serrated on both sides and about § the length of the fin. Ventral 1^ times as distant from root of caudal as from end of snout. Caudal about \ as long as head. Blackish brown above, lighter brown beneath. Total length 230 millim. Lake Victoria. 1. Type. 2. Type. 3-4. Types. KuvironJo Bay. Entebbe. Bunjako. M. Alhiaud (C.) ; Paris Museum (E. Mr. E. Degen (C). 23. CLARIAS WERNERI. BuultMig. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. lltOO, p. 5(J1) ; Werner, Sitzb. Ak. Wien, cxv. i. 190G, p. 1135, pi. iv. ; Bouleng. Pish. Nile, p. 297, [)1. liii. fig. 3 (11)07), and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. ]0«4. Depth of body 6^ to 8 times in total length, length of head 4^ to 5 times. Head about 1J times as long as broad, smooth or very feebly. 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, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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