. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. -^'" IVotoral ^4* length of head, not qiiitc reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 28-30 li 2 between lateral line and ventral. Yellowish brown, darker on the back, witli 12 to 10 narrow vertical bars on tlie sides, the second or third and tlie last expanding into a spot ; belly white ; basal half of vertical fins orange ; eye red. Total length 53 niillini. Solwezi River, tributary of Chifulowa R.,
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. -^'" IVotoral ^4* length of head, not qiiitc reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 28-30 li 2 between lateral line and ventral. Yellowish brown, darker on the back, witli 12 to 10 narrow vertical bars on tlie sides, the second or third and tlie last expanding into a spot ; belly white ; basal half of vertical fins orange ; eye red. Total length 53 niillini. Solwezi River, tributary of Chifulowa R., Zambesi. 1-2. '[\]>v<. Solwezi ]{., N. l{lioao<ia. F. H. MoIlaiiJ, Esq. (P.). Distinguished from B. fasciolatns by smaller scales. rijr. Add :— 18- -27. 28- -M. 31- -34. All. 35- -37. Ad. liarhus biiriliuii/es. Type. \'>9. BAUBUS TRlSriLUS, Blkr. Omahi, Aboina II., Cross R. Major U. E. Bruce (P.). Tano R., Gold Coast. I'r. 11. (i. F. Spun-cU (P. Near Diuikwa, Gold Coast. Sapelk', Nif-Tr P»elta. Mr. J. Paul . (P.). ,,. BAUBUS TETRASTIGMA. ^. Hov. Zool. .\fr. ii. 1!»13, p. 158. Deptli of body o to 3^ times in total length, length of head 3| to 4 times. Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is oh to 3f in length of head and 1^ times in intcrorbital width ; mouth small, terminal; lips feebly developed; two barbels on each side, anterior as long as eye, posterior 1 h diameters of eye. Dorsal III 7-8, equally distant from eye and from caudal, border feebly concave; last simple ray flexible, as long as head. Anal III 3, not reaching caudal. Pectoral | length of head, not reaching ventral ; latter inserted below anterior third of. 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.
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