. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. CTPEINIDiE. 217 peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales 35 gf, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Dark brown above, yellowish beneath ; fins dark grey. Total length 170 millim. Angola. 1. Type. Lucalla R. .it Lucalla. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 3 a. VARICORHINUS SANDERSI. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. 3, p. 11, pi. xix. fig. 1 (1912). Depth of body 2f to SJ times in total length, length of head 4| to 5 times. Snout rounded, much broader than lon
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. CTPEINIDiE. 217 peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales 35 gf, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Dark brown above, yellowish beneath ; fins dark grey. Total length 170 millim. Angola. 1. Type. Lucalla R. .it Lucalla. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 3 a. VARICORHINUS SANDERSI. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. 3, p. 11, pi. xix. fig. 1 (1912). Depth of body 2f to SJ times in total length, length of head 4| to 5 times. Snout rounded, much broader than long, about J length of Rk. VaricorJiinus sandersi. Type. f. head; eye 3i (young) to 5^ times in length of head, interorbital width 1| to 2 times; mouth feebly curved, its width | (young) to f that of head • no barbels; numerous small tubercles on sides of head. ]3orsal III 10 (rarely 9), equally distant from nostrils or eye and from root of caudal; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, ossified part -^ to f length of head; border of fin strongly emarginate. Anal III 5, sometimes reaching base of caudal. Pectoral as long as or a little lono'er than head, not reaching ventral; latter inserted below. 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 [by Taylor and Francis]
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