. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. â Wp%smii5&. Clurias hreiicqis. Type (A. M. C). §. Total length 190 millim. Mayombe, West Africa.âType in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. One of the types. Marshes of Siala Ntoto, Mayombe. Major Cabra (â¬).)⢠18. CLARIAS WALKERI. Giinth. Ann. & Mag. X. H. (6) xvii. 1896, p. 271, pi. xiv. fig. B ; Boulong. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 1080. Depth of body 6 to 8 times in total length, length of head 4 to i\ times. Head lj to 1^ times as long as broad, smooth above, or very f
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. â Wp%smii5&. Clurias hreiicqis. Type (A. M. C). §. Total length 190 millim. Mayombe, West Africa.âType in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. One of the types. Marshes of Siala Ntoto, Mayombe. Major Cabra (â¬).)⢠18. CLARIAS WALKERI. Giinth. Ann. & Mag. X. H. (6) xvii. 1896, p. 271, pi. xiv. fig. B ; Boulong. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 1080. Depth of body 6 to 8 times in total length, length of head 4 to i\ times. Head lj to 1^ times as long as broad, smooth above, or very finely granulate behind ; occipital process angular; frontal fontanelle small, sole-shaped ; occipital fontanelle smaller, in advance of or slightly- encroaching upon occipital process ; eye very small, its diameter 3 to 4 times in length of snout, 6 to 8 times in interorbital width, which nearly equals width of mouth and is contained twice in length of head ; band of prasmaxillary teeth 4 to 5 times as long as broad; vomerine teeth conical, forming a crescentic band which, in the middle, is about as broad as the prsemaxillary band ; nasal barbel f to f length of head; maxillary barbel 1£ to 2 times as long as head, reaching extremity of pectoral or base of ventral; inner mandibular barbel a little shorter than nasal, \ to f length of outer. Gill-rakers on first arch widely set, 12 to 15 in number. Clavicles concealed under the skin. Dorsal. 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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