. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 426 CICHLIDvE. 14. PLATYT^NIODUS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 451, and Fish. Nile, p. 493 (1907). Body moderately elongate ; scales ctenoid ; two incomplete lateral lines. Jaws with very broad bands of small conical teeth, the alveolar surface of the pramaxillaries widening towards the pharynx, the band of teeth in the upper jaw horseshoe-shaped, that in each ramus of the lower jaw not much longer than broad. A very small p
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 426 CICHLIDvE. 14. PLATYT^NIODUS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 451, and Fish. Nile, p. 493 (1907). Body moderately elongate ; scales ctenoid ; two incomplete lateral lines. Jaws with very broad bands of small conical teeth, the alveolar surface of the pramaxillaries widening towards the pharynx, the band of teeth in the upper jaw horseshoe-shaped, that in each ramus of the lower jaw not much longer than broad. A very small part of the maxillary exposed when the mouth is closed. Dorsal fin with 15 or 16 spines, anal with 3. Lake Victoria. Fig. 292. Plaiytceniodus degeni. Type (F. N.). 1. PLATYT2ENIODUS DEGENI. Bouleng. 11. cc. pi. xci. fig. 1, and Ann. Mus. Genova, (3) iv. 1909, p. 30(i. Depth of body 2§ to 3 times in total length, length of head 3 times. Head twice or not quite twice as long as broad ; snout with convex upper profile, its length equal to interorbital width and 1^ times diameter of eye, which is 4 times in length of head; mouth not extending quite. 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 : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Museum (Natural History)
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