Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . terorbital width ; a well-developed adipose lid ; maxillary extending alittle beyond anterior border of eye; teeth unequal in size, none verystrongly enlarged. Gill-rakers slender, much shorter than branchialfilaments, about 25 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 13-14,originating above first ray of ventral, much nearer end of snout thanbase of caudal. Anal 17-18, nearly twice as distant from base ofventral as from caudal, and originating a long way behind vertical ofdorsal. Pectoral f to f length of
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . terorbital width ; a well-developed adipose lid ; maxillary extending alittle beyond anterior border of eye; teeth unequal in size, none verystrongly enlarged. Gill-rakers slender, much shorter than branchialfilaments, about 25 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 13-14,originating above first ray of ventral, much nearer end of snout thanbase of caudal. Anal 17-18, nearly twice as distant from base ofventral as from caudal, and originating a long way behind vertical ofdorsal. Pectoral f to f length of head, not reaching ventral. Caudalforked, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle a little longer than scales in longitudinal series, 10 in transverse series; 12-13 keeledscutes between isthmus and ventrals, 12 between ventrals and anal. 160 CLUPEID.^. Olive above, white beneath, with a silvery lateral band; sometimes alarge dark spot on gill-cover and scapular region and another at base ofcaudal. Total length 75 millim. Upper Congo.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. rig. 1. One o£ the Ad. Pellonula (A. M. C). |. Coquilhatville, Upper , Ubanghi. M. P. Delhez (C).Brussels Royaux (C). 3. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 64 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 127(1901). Mouth large; sharp conical teeth in each jaw, with a large canine-like tooth on each side, directed backwards; minute teeth on themaxillary ; conical teeth on the palatines and on the tongue ; maxillaryformed of two pieces. Branchiostegal rays 7. Body strongly compressed,with an abdominal serrature formed of bony scutes ; scales moderate ;no lateral line. Dorsal fin short, behind vertical of ventrals ; anal ratherlong, with 21 or 22 rays. Ventrals with 9 rays. Congo. 1. ODAXOTHRISSA II. ce. pp. 64, 128, pi. xxxi. fig. 1. Depth of body equal to or a little less than length of head, 3J to 4t
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