. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. CLAEIAS. ;y;j granulate above; occipital process angular, not longer than broad; frontal fontanelle more or less distinctly sole-shaped, 1| to 2 times as long as broad, its length 4 to 5 times in that of the head; occipital fontanelle as large or a little smaller, oval or elliptic, partly on occipital process ; eye 2 to 3 times in length of snout, 5 or 6 times in interorbital width; width of mouth a little less than interorbital width ; band of prsemaxillary teeth 3 to 4 time
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. CLAEIAS. ;y;j granulate above; occipital process angular, not longer than broad; frontal fontanelle more or less distinctly sole-shaped, 1| to 2 times as long as broad, its length 4 to 5 times in that of the head; occipital fontanelle as large or a little smaller, oval or elliptic, partly on occipital process ; eye 2 to 3 times in length of snout, 5 or 6 times in interorbital width; width of mouth a little less than interorbital width ; band of prsemaxillary teeth 3 to 4 times as long as broad ; vomerine teeth granular, forming a crescentic band which is as broad as or a little Fig. CI arias iverneri. Type (F. N.). |. narrower than the prsemaxillary band; nasal barbel nearly once to once and J length of head ; maxillary barbel I3- to 2 times length of head, reaching extremity of pectoral or beyond ; outer mandibular barbel about 1J times as long as inner and equal to or longer than head. Gill-rakers moderate, 16-18 on anterior arch. Clavicles hidden under the skin. Dorsal 82-91, its distance from occipital process nearly ^ length of head, in contact with or very narrowly separated from caudal. Anal 68-72, in contact with or very narrowly separated from caudal. Pectoral nearly \ length of head, the spine very feebly serrated on the outer border and about § the length of the fin. Ventral If to If times as distant from root of caudal as from end of snout. Caudal about i as long as head. Blackish brown above, lighter beneath. Total length 230 millim. Uganda. 1. 2- Type. 7. Ad. & yg 6- 11 12 13 10. Types. • Type. Type. Ad. Near Gondokoro. Mpologoma R., L. Kioia. Buujako, L. Victoria. Buganga, „ Munyonyo, „ Buddu coast of L. Victoria Dr. F. Werner (P.). Dr. E. Bayon (C). Mr. E. Degen (C). Mr. M. Simon (C).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colorat
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