. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. PLECODUS. 503 40. PLECODUS. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soo. xv. 1898, p. 22. and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 488 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 3G2. Body elongate, covered with small cycloid scales ; two lateral lines, the upper nearly complete. Teeth in a single series, large and few, unequal in size, compressed, lamellar and a little concave in front, truncate and strongly curved backwards ; maxillary exposed. Dorsal with 18 to 20 spines, anal with 3. Parietal a
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. PLECODUS. 503 40. PLECODUS. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soo. xv. 1898, p. 22. and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 488 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 3G2. Body elongate, covered with small cycloid scales ; two lateral lines, the upper nearly complete. Teeth in a single series, large and few, unequal in size, compressed, lamellar and a little concave in front, truncate and strongly curved backwards ; maxillary exposed. Dorsal with 18 to 20 spines, anal with 3. Parietal and occipital crests very strong, extending to between the orbits. Vertebrse 38 (18 + 20). Lake Tanganyika. Fis. 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, George Albert, 1858-1937. London, Printed by order of the Trustees [by Taylor and Francis]
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