. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 308 SILURTDJE. of vomerine teeth. Nasal barbel ^ to ^ length of head, maxillary If to 2 times, reaching ventral or not quite so far, outer mandibular f to -§, inner mandibular g- to f-. Gill-rakers rather long, widely set, 11 to 14 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal I 9-10, last ray above vertical of first ray of ventral; spine smooth, feeble, about -^ length of head. Adipose dorsal 4 to 5-|- times as long as deep, about twice as long as ray
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 308 SILURTDJE. of vomerine teeth. Nasal barbel ^ to ^ length of head, maxillary If to 2 times, reaching ventral or not quite so far, outer mandibular f to -§, inner mandibular g- to f-. Gill-rakers rather long, widely set, 11 to 14 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal I 9-10, last ray above vertical of first ray of ventral; spine smooth, feeble, about -^ length of head. Adipose dorsal 4 to 5-|- times as long as deep, about twice as long as rayed dorsal, from which it is separated by a space equal to J- to ^ the base of the latter. Anal 14 (10 rays branched). Pectoral f to | length of head, its spine moderately strong, smooth, or very slightly serrated Fig. Bar/rus orientalis. Type. j. behind. Ventral a little nearer caudal than end of snout. Caudal deeply forked, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. Brown or olive above, white beneath; black dots sometimes scattered on the back and on the adipose and caudal fins. Total length 350 millim. Pangani River, East Africa, and Lake Nyassa. Pangani R. Sir L. Playfair (('.). L. Nyassa. Capt. E. I,. Rboades (P.). Prof. J. B. S. Moore (0.). 1-2. Ad., types. 3. Ad. 4. H°;r. 3. BAGRUS DOCMAC. Silurus docmdk, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. G5 (1775). Silurus lajad (non Forsk.), Sonnini, Trav. Egypt, p. 475, pi. xvi. fig. 2 (1800). Porcus dcemac, I. Gleoft'r, Descr. Egypte, Poiss. p. 304. pi. xv. figs. 3 & 4 (1827).. 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 : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Museum (Na
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