. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 28 so far. Cuuilul rounded. | to ^ lengtli of licad. Caudal ])cduuclo I^ times as long as deep. Scales ciliated, 55-56 in longitudinal series, 17-19 in transverse series between dorsal and anal. Olive above, spotted and marbled with blackish, dirty yellowish beneath ; fins dark grey, first dorsal streaked with black, second dorsal and anal with small black spots, both dorsals edged with whitish. Total length 110 millim. Cape of Good Hope. 1-:'.. Types. Little Brak R., Mossel Bay. Dr. J. \\ F. Gil
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 28 so far. Cuuilul rounded. | to ^ lengtli of licad. Caudal ])cduuclo I^ times as long as deep. Scales ciliated, 55-56 in longitudinal series, 17-19 in transverse series between dorsal and anal. Olive above, spotted and marbled with blackish, dirty yellowish beneath ; fins dark grey, first dorsal streaked with black, second dorsal and anal with small black spots, both dorsals edged with whitish. Total length 110 millim. Cape of Good Hope. 1-:'.. Types. Little Brak R., Mossel Bay. Dr. J. \\ F. Gilclirist (?.). Fig. 1 (!.. Gohius (j'tlclirisli. TyiJe. 0. GOBIUS NL'DICEPS. Cuv. .t Val. Hist. Puiss. xii. p. r,5 (1837) ; BIcok. Nat. TijJsclir. Nedcrl. xxi. ISt'id, p. 7:5 : (Jiintli. Cat. Fis]i. ill. p. i;5 () ; Kiior. Xovara, Fisclu-, p. 177 ('.t). (ioh'ins (jy)niiaui-Ju'n (iion Bleck.), M. Wdicr, ZdoI. .Taiir'o., Sysf. x. 1<S',17, p. 144. Body cylindrical ; depth of body about 5 times in total length, length of head 3^ times. Head 1^ times as long as broad, naked; snout not longer than eye, which is 4 to 5 times in length of head, and about twice inttrorbital width; lower jaw projecting; mouth extending to bel(;w anterior border of eye; teeth in a band, outer enlarged. Dorsals "\'I, 110. Anal 1 10. Caudal rounded. Anterior part of back arched4 scales ciliated, 56-60 in longitudinal series, 22 in transverse series between dorsal and anal. Brown or blackish olive; a deep violet or ])lack band, edged with whitish, at the base of the pectoral fin ; first dorsal with dark and light lines and the margin yellow ; second dorsal with oblique blackish lines; caudal dotted with blackish. Total length 110 millim. Cape of Good Hope and Xutal (lUovo T{.).—Types 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 pe
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