. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 342 SILUEID^. 1. CLAROTES LATICEPS. J'hnehnhis latlceps, r{u[)p. Beschr. n, Fisclie Nil, p. 7, pi. i. fig. 2 (1829). BcKjrus niijrita, (juv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xiv. p. 42G, pi. ccccxvi. (1839). Bagrus latireps, Heekel, Russegger's Reise Egypt, iii. p. 331 (1849). Clarotes heufj'inii, Kner, Sitzb. Ak. Wien, xvii. 18o5, p. 313, pis. i. & ii. ; Hyrtl, Denkschr. Ak. Wien, xvi. 1858, p. 1, pi.— ; Kner, Arch. f. Naturg. 1865, ii. p. 101. Octonematiddhys nigrita, Bleek. Act. S
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 342 SILUEID^. 1. CLAROTES LATICEPS. J'hnehnhis latlceps, r{u[)p. Beschr. n, Fisclie Nil, p. 7, pi. i. fig. 2 (1829). BcKjrus niijrita, (juv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xiv. p. 42G, pi. ccccxvi. (1839). Bagrus latireps, Heekel, Russegger's Reise Egypt, iii. p. 331 (1849). Clarotes heufj'inii, Kner, Sitzb. Ak. Wien, xvii. 18o5, p. 313, pis. i. & ii. ; Hyrtl, Denkschr. Ak. Wien, xvi. 1858, p. 1, pi.— ; Kner, Arch. f. Naturg. 1865, ii. p. 101. Octonematiddhys nigrita, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. iv. 1858, p. G5. Clarotes laticeps, Gunth. Cat. Fish. v. p. 73 (1864), Zool. Rec. 1866, p. 150, and Petherick's Trav. ii. p. 231 (1869) ; Vincig. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) xv. 1895, p. 39, xvii. 1896, p. 27, and 1897, p. 349; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 340, pi. Ixi. (1907). C/trt/sicht/ujs crancJiii (iion Leach), Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ix. i. 1870, p. 987. Clirysichthijs nujrita, Sauv. N. Arch. Mus. (2) iii. 1880, p. 40. Depth of body 4j to 5| times in total length, lengtli of head 2f to o\ times. Head much depressed, ly to 1^ times as long as broad, its Fig. Clarotes laticeps. White Nile (E. N.). i. upper surface rugose with fine granulations, which are most crowded on the occiput; operculum with radiating striae ; occipital process as long as broad, nearly as long as the small interneural shield with which it is in contact; snout broad, rounded or truncate; eye large, trans- versely oval, 1 (young) to 3 times in length of snout, 1^ to 5 times in interocular width ; mouth inferior, its width equal to or a little greater. 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
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