Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 670, pi. lxv. fig. C ; Sauv. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1882, p. 321; Vaill. Bull. Soc. Philom. (8) v. 1893, p. 13 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Ba33. Congo, p. 182 (1901) ; Lonnb. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 38 ; Werner, Sitzb. Ak. Wien, cxv. i. 1906, p. 1129 ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 137, pi. xxi. fig. 3 (1907). Depth of body 2| to 3£ times in total length, length of head 3| to 4 times. Head about twice as long as broad, a little longer than deep, its upper surface rugose in the adult;
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 670, pi. lxv. fig. C ; Sauv. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1882, p. 321; Vaill. Bull. Soc. Philom. (8) v. 1893, p. 13 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Ba33. Congo, p. 182 (1901) ; Lonnb. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 38 ; Werner, Sitzb. Ak. Wien, cxv. i. 1906, p. 1129 ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 137, pi. xxi. fig. 3 (1907). Depth of body 2| to 3£ times in total length, length of head 3| to 4 times. Head about twice as long as broad, a little longer than deep, its upper surface rugose in the adult; snout rounded, shorter than eye, NANJLETHIOPS. 255 which is 2J to 3 times in length of head; interorbital width a littlegreater than diameter of eye; mouth terminal; maxillary extending tobelow anterior border of eye : 22 to 30 teeth in outer prsemaxillaryseries. Gill-rakers short, 10 to 12 on lower part of anterior III 10-12, originating a little in advance of ventrals, its distancefrom eye equal to its distance from caudal; longest ray nearly equal to Pig. ?\ KannKthvjjps (P. Is.). length of head. Anal III 7. Pectoral about f length of head, shorterthan ventral. Caudal forked, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle aslong as deep. Scales 82-36 2|, 4 between lateral line and base ofventral; lateral line sometimes restricted to a few of the anteriorscales. Olive-brown above, yellowish beneath ; a black lateral streak,sometimes narrowly edged with silvery, from eye to median rays ofcaudal ; a blackish spot at tip of dorsal. Total length 62 millim. White Nile and Bahr-el-Gebel, Gold Coast, Niger, Cameroon, Gaboon, L. Loat, Esq. (C). M. Chaper (C.); Paris Museum (£.).Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C).G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C.), Congo. 1. Yg. Fashoda, White Nile. 2-4. Yg. Lake No, „ 5-6. Hgr. Assini, Gold Coast. 7. Ad. Abo, Lower Niger. 8. Ad. Ja R. at Bitye, S. Cameroon. 9-14. Types. Gaboon. 15. Ad. Lambarene, OgoWe. 16-17. Ad. Sette Ca
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