. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. )ol) 10. GHRYSICHTHYS LONGIBARBIR. Clirysohagrus longibarhis, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 4J, pi. xxi. fig. 2 (1899). Chrysichthjs longibarhis, Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 291 (1901). Depth of body i\ to 5 times in total length, length of head 3J to 3£ times. Head much depressed, 1^- times as long as broad, feebly rugose above; occipital process in contact with intevneural shield; snout rounded, its length about §• of head ; eye 3 (young) to 5 times i
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. )ol) 10. GHRYSICHTHYS LONGIBARBIR. Clirysohagrus longibarhis, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 4J, pi. xxi. fig. 2 (1899). Chrysichthjs longibarhis, Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 291 (1901). Depth of body i\ to 5 times in total length, length of head 3J to 3£ times. Head much depressed, 1^- times as long as broad, feebly rugose above; occipital process in contact with intevneural shield; snout rounded, its length about §• of head ; eye 3 (young) to 5 times in length of head, 1 to 1\ times in interorbital width ; mouth inferior, its width 2 to 2 J times in length of head; pisemaxillary band of teeth feebly curved, 4 to 5A times as long as broad ; two short bands of vomerine teeth, separated by a narrow interspace ; nasal barbel f to f diameter of eye ; maxillary barbel 3 to 3^ times as long as head ; outer mandibular barbel a little longer than head, nearly twice as long as inner. Gill- rakers moderate, 20-23 on lower»part of anterior arch. Dorsal I 6, ly to lj- times as distant from root of caudal as from end of snout; Fig. ChrysicJithys longibarhis. Type (A. M. C). $. spine shorter than head, feebly serrated behind ; first soft ray longest, as long as or a little longer than head. Adipose fin as long as deep or a little longer than deep, its base less than that of the rayed dorsal and measuring about half its distance from the latter. Anal 12-13, 8 or 9 rays branched. Pectoral spine f to f length of head, strongly serrated on inner side. Caudal deeply forked ; lobes long and pointed, outer. 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
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