. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. CAEANGID^. 1. TRACHYNOTUS FALCATUS *. Lahrus falcatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p_. 475 (1766). Gasterosteus ovatiis, Linn. t. c. p. 490. Scomler falcatus, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. .57 (1775). Trachinot us falcatus, Lacep. Hist. Poiss. iii. p. 79 (1802). Trachinotus teraii, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. viii. p. 418 (1831). Trachynotus ovatus, Gunth. Cat. Fish. ii. p. 481 (1860); Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ix. i. 1869, p. 709 ; Klunz. Verh. Ges. Wien, xx. 1870, p. 449, and F
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. CAEANGID^. 1. TRACHYNOTUS FALCATUS *. Lahrus falcatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p_. 475 (1766). Gasterosteus ovatiis, Linn. t. c. p. 490. Scomler falcatus, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. .57 (1775). Trachinot us falcatus, Lacep. Hist. Poiss. iii. p. 79 (1802). Trachinotus teraii, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. viii. p. 418 (1831). Trachynotus ovatus, Gunth. Cat. Fish. ii. p. 481 (1860); Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ix. i. 1869, p. 709 ; Klunz. Verh. Ges. Wien, xx. 1870, p. 449, and Fische Eoth. Meer. p. 103 (1884); Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 332 (1891) ; Steind. Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 21. Trachinotus maxillosus (non G. & V.), Bleek. Nat. Verh. Ges. Haarlem, xviii. 1863, p. 78, pi. xvii. Trachinotus martini, Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ix. i. 1869, p. 711, pi. i. fig. 1. TracJiinoius falcatus, St. Louis. ^. Depth of body If to 2 times in total length, length of head 3 to 3f times. Profile of snout very steep, nearly vertical in adult; eye as lon<^ as or a little longer than snout, 3 to 3i- times in length of head, equal to interorbital width; maxillary extending to below centre or anterior * In view of the wide distribution and extensive srnonyuy of this species, I have confined myself to references to African specimens, on wluch the present description is exclusively based. ^. 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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