. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 66 often with a fine blackish lateral line ; dorsal and caudal colourless, the latter edged with red above and beneath in the male; other fins yellow. Total length 33 millim, Egypt. 1-8. Types. Near Lake Marcotis. (-. 11. Schoellor, Esq. (P.). i)-48, 49-58. Ad. Ghct-el-Nassura, L. Men- L. Loat, Esq. (C). Si h^^r. zaleh. .'')0. Ad. Birkct Karun, Faynm. Dr. W. A. C'unnington and Dr. (,'. L. BoulengcM- (P.). 27. HAPLOCHILUS MOERUENSIS. Poulong. Kov. Zool. Afr. iii.
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 66 often with a fine blackish lateral line ; dorsal and caudal colourless, the latter edged with red above and beneath in the male; other fins yellow. Total length 33 millim, Egypt. 1-8. Types. Near Lake Marcotis. (-. 11. Schoellor, Esq. (P.). i)-48, 49-58. Ad. Ghct-el-Nassura, L. Men- L. Loat, Esq. (C). Si h^^r. zaleh. .'')0. Ad. Birkct Karun, Faynm. Dr. W. A. C'unnington and Dr. (,'. L. BoulengcM- (P.). 27. HAPLOCHILUS MOERUENSIS. Poulong. Kov. Zool. Afr. iii. VJU, p. 447. Depth of body 4 J to 4J times in total length, length of head ?)\ to 3| times. Head fiat above ; snout very short, shorter than eye ; mouth Fig. Jfaj>Joc7iilus moerucjisis. Typo. xl|. directed upwards, lower jaw projecting ; eye 2 J to 2| times in length of head, as long as postorbital part of head, about 1^ times in interorbital width ; prseorbital about J diameter of eye. Dorsal 7-8, originating about IJ times as far from eye as from root of caudal, above middle of anal; longest ray about J length of head. Anal 14-16. Pectoral about § length of head, extending to base of ventral; latter small, mucli nearer end of snout than root of caudal. Caudal rounded, a little longer than head. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. 26-28 scales in longitudinal series, 16 round body in front of ventrals; no lateral-line pits. Yellowish, top of head and back, and borders of the scales speckled with dark brown ; fins whitish. Total length 34 millim. Lake Mwcru.—Typ(^s in Congo Museum, Tervucrcn. 1-0. Types. L. Mweru at Kilng. Dr. L. Stappers (C). 7-11. Types. L. Mweru at Nkolc. 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, Albert, 1
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