. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. AUCHEXOGLANJS. 3/3 Brown above, with ill-defined large round darker s})ots above the lateral line and a longitudinal dark band below it; belly whitish, rayed fins without spots. Fi-. A'tcliciioijUihis altipinms. Type. |. Total length 210 miilim. South Cameroon (Ja liiver, Congo System). 1. Type. Ju R. at E^amesa. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 5. AUCHEXOGLANIS BALLAYI. Pimelodus hahuj'i, Saiiv. Ball. Soc. Pliiloin. (7) iii. 1878, p. 98, and N. Arcli. ^liis. (2) iii. 1880, p. 44 ;
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. AUCHEXOGLANJS. 3/3 Brown above, with ill-defined large round darker s})ots above the lateral line and a longitudinal dark band below it; belly whitish, rayed fins without spots. Fi-. A'tcliciioijUihis altipinms. Type. |. Total length 210 miilim. South Cameroon (Ja liiver, Congo System). 1. Type. Ju R. at E^amesa. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 5. AUCHEXOGLANIS BALLAYI. Pimelodus hahuj'i, Saiiv. Ball. Soc. Pliiloin. (7) iii. 1878, p. 98, and N. Arcli. ^liis. (2) iii. 1880, p. 44 ; Vaill. Ball. Soc. Pliilom. (8) vi. 1894, p. 77. Pimelodus r/u'wali, Thomin. Ball. Soc. Phiiom. (7j x. 188G, p. 1G2, hallaf/i, Boalono-. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 295 (1901). Auclienoyhuns puIcJier, Bonlen". Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, i. p. 20 7, pi. xxix. fig. 2. Depth of body 4 to 5^ times in total length, length of head 3 to 3^ times. Head moderately depressed, 1-g- to 1^ times as long as broad, its upper surface smooth or feebly rugose; operculum with more or less distinct radiating stri;e ; occii)ital process small, longer than broad, narrowly but distinctly separated from the feebly developed interneural plate ; snout pointed, ^ or a little more than ^ length of head; eye supero-lateral, 7 to 10 times in length of head, 2 to 3 times in inter- orbital width ; nioulh small, nearly terminal, w'uh thick pai)illose lips ,. 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, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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