. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 116 ^'E. bands, some or all of the outer more or less enlarged but not canine-like. Praeoperculum serrated ; no opercular spines. 7 branchiostegal rays. Two dorsals, connected at the base, the first not more than half as long as the second and Avith 9 or 10 spines ; anal short, with 2 spines. Ventrals below base of pectorals, with basal scaly process. Vertebrae 24-25 (10 + 14-15)*. Mediterranean, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, several species entering rivers. 1. C
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 116 ^'E. bands, some or all of the outer more or less enlarged but not canine-like. Praeoperculum serrated ; no opercular spines. 7 branchiostegal rays. Two dorsals, connected at the base, the first not more than half as long as the second and Avith 9 or 10 spines ; anal short, with 2 spines. Ventrals below base of pectorals, with basal scaly process. Vertebrae 24-25 (10 + 14-15)*. Mediterranean, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, several species entering rivers. 1. CORVINA NIGRITA. Cuv. & Vul. Hist. Poiss. V. p. 103 (1830) ; Giiiith. Cat. Fish. ii. p. 207 (1860), cand Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xvi. 18G5, p. 49 ; Steind. Silzh. Ak. Wien, Ix. i. 18G9, p. 092, pi. viii. ; Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Philom. (9) ix. 1907, p. 35. Corvina clavigera, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 101. Depth of body 3 J to 3| times in total length, length of head 3| to 4 times. Snout and nape with convex profile; snout projecting a little FiK. Covvhia nir/rita, Senegal, after Steiudachner (Z. c). j. beyond lower jaw, as long as eye (shorter in young); eye 3 (young) to 4^ times in length of head, nearly equal to interorbital width ; maxillary extending to below posterior third or posterior border of eye; head covered with scales, except on the lips. Gill-rakers as long as or a little * On the bony swellings sometimes present at the base of the dorsal and anal spines, cf. Guuther, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xvi. 1865, p. 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 Wesley
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