. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. Cl(( rlus bre i icej is. Type (A. M. C). =. Total length 190 millim. Mayombe, West Africa.—Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. One of the types. Marshes o£ Siala Ntoto, Mayombe. Major Cabra (C.). 18. ('LA1UA8 WALKERI. Giintli. Ann. & Ma^. N. H. ((j) xvii. 1890, p. 274, pi. xiv. fig. B ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Sue. PJOT, p. 108U. Depth of body G to 8 times in total length, length of head 4 to 4J times. Head 1\ to 1^ times as long as broad, smooth above, or very finely granulate
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. Cl(( rlus bre i icej is. Type (A. M. C). =. Total length 190 millim. Mayombe, West Africa.—Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. One of the types. Marshes o£ Siala Ntoto, Mayombe. Major Cabra (C.). 18. ('LA1UA8 WALKERI. Giintli. Ann. & Ma^. N. H. ((j) xvii. 1890, p. 274, pi. xiv. fig. B ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Sue. PJOT, p. 108U. Depth of body G to 8 times in total length, length of head 4 to 4J times. Head 1\ 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 widtli of mouth and is contained twice in length of head ; band of prsemaxillary 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 preemaxillary band ; nasal barbel f to | 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 | length of outer. Gill-rakers on first arch widely set, 12 to lo 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, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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