. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. chel.^:thiops. 215 1. CHEL^ETHIOPS BIBIE. bilne, Joannis, Mag. de Z(3ol. 1835, iv. pi. iv. Pelecus hihie, Heckel, Russegger's Reise Egypt, iii. p. 329 (1846). Banlivs bible, Gunther, Petlierick's Truv. ii. p. 2G4: (1869). CheJailrlops bibie, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 263 ; Wenior, 8itzh. Ak. Wien, cxv. i. 1906, p. 1097*; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 271, pi. xlviii. fig. 5 (1907). Depth of body 4 to 5 times in total length, length of head 4 to 4)|. Chel
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. chel.^:thiops. 215 1. CHEL^ETHIOPS BIBIE. bilne, Joannis, Mag. de Z(3ol. 1835, iv. pi. iv. Pelecus hihie, Heckel, Russegger's Reise Egypt, iii. p. 329 (1846). Banlivs bible, Gunther, Petlierick's Truv. ii. p. 2G4: (1869). CheJailrlops bibie, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 263 ; Wenior, 8itzh. Ak. Wien, cxv. i. 1906, p. 1097*; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 271, pi. xlviii. fig. 5 (1907). Depth of body 4 to 5 times in total length, length of head 4 to 4)|. Chela-tliiops bihlc. Assuau. times. Head 2 to 2J times as long as broad ; snout acutely pointed, slightly projecting beyond mouth, not longer than eye, which is con- tained o to 4 times in length of head ; interorbital width equal to diameter of eye or a little greater; mouth extending to below centre ot eje ; suborbital bones nearly entirely covering cheek, second very narrow and extending to below centre of eye. Gill-rakers few and very short. Dorsal III 1, above anteiior half of anal, tv\ire as far from occiput as from base of caudal; first branched ray L)ngest, f to § length of head. Anal 111 16-19; first branched ray longest and as long as or a little shorter than that of dorsal. Pectoral acutely pointed, longer than head, extending beyond root of ventral. Caudal deeply forked. Caudal peduncle 1§ to 2 times as long as deep. Scales with radiating stria\ o7-4l ^t|i, 1-1J between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Uniform silvery, brownish olive on the back; tins yellowish white. Total length o5 millim. Lower Nile to Bahr-el-Gebel; AVebi Shebeli.—Type apparently lost. 1-2. Ad. Barrage near Kalioub, N. of Cairo. Dr. F. Werner (V. :5-9. Hot. Near Luxor. L. hojit, Esq. (('.). 10-13. Ad. Between Lnxor and Assium. „ * Not the fi;?ure, Mliieh. t'nroiigh an oversight, is t;,lxon ridiii a lldiUum Please note that these images are extracted from scanned
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