. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 166 ADDENDA, VOL. I. 16 a. GNATIIONEMUB BRUf'II. Boiilcng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) vi. 1010, p. Depth of body 3 times in total length, length of head Ah times. Head as long as deep, with curved upper profile ; snout I length of licad; teeth conical, 5 in upper jaw, G in lower; chin with feeble globular swelling; eye f length of snout, | interorbital width. Doral 25, originating above 5th ray of anal, its length i its distance from liead. Anal 30, nearer base of caudal than base of ventral. Fig. 10
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 166 ADDENDA, VOL. I. 16 a. GNATIIONEMUB BRUf'II. Boiilcng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) vi. 1010, p. Depth of body 3 times in total length, length of head Ah times. Head as long as deep, with curved upper profile ; snout I length of licad; teeth conical, 5 in upper jaw, G in lower; chin with feeble globular swelling; eye f length of snout, | interorbital width. Doral 25, originating above 5th ray of anal, its length i its distance from liead. Anal 30, nearer base of caudal than base of ventral. Fig. Gtiathonemiis hrncii. Type. ^ Pectoral pointed, a little shorter than head, extending to base of vrntral. Caudal f scaled, witli moderately long pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. 00 scales in lateral line, jg in trans- verse series on body, j^ in transverse series between dorsal and anal, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown (dirty greenish in life), darker above, puler beneath ; tins dark brown. Total length 150 millim. Ogun River, interior of Lagos. 1. Type. Ogun R. at Aio. ^Fajor G. E. Bruce (P.). l^istinguished from G. angolensis by a smaller eye, a liigher number of scales above tlie lateral line, and a less slender caudal 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 Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937; British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology. Lond.
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