The Freshwater Fishes of South Africa. 



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Jaws with a band of villiform teeth ; no teeth on palate, 

 membranes free, deeply notched. 



Gill- 



GEPHYROGLANIS SCLATEBI, Blgr. 

 Bouleng., Ann. S. Afr. Mus., ii., 1901, p. 228, pi. xiii., and Cat. Fresh. 



Fish. Afr , ii., p. 347, tig. 269 (1911). 



Depth of body 4^ to 6 times in total length excluding caudal, 

 length of head 3f to 4 times. Head 1| to Ii times as broad as deep, 

 Ii to 1^ times as long as broad, perfectly smooth ; occipital process 

 much longer than broad, in contact with the interneural shield ; 

 snout obtusely conical, f to i length of head ; eye 5J to 7 times 

 in length of head, 1 to 2^ times in interocular width ; nasal barbel 



FIG. 104. Gephyroglanis sdateri. 



very short, T 3 o to ^ diameter of eye ; maxillary barbel -^ to | length 

 of head, outer rnandibular -^ to f , inner ^ to %. Mouth ^ to | width 

 of head ; premaxillary band of teeth curved, 3 to 4 times as long as 

 broad. 



Dorsal i 7 ; 1^ times to twice as deep as long, not reaching adipose 

 fin when folded ; spine strong, smooth, -| to T 9 ^ length of head ; 

 longest soft ray T v to | length of head. Adipose fin 3J to 4 times as 

 long as deep, its distance from dorsal 1| to If times its length. 

 Anal 16-17 ; 11-12 rays branched. Pectoral spine f to ^ length of 

 dorsal spine, strongly serrated on inner border. Caudal forked, with 

 obtuse lobes, f to f length of head ; caudal peduncle 1-| times to 

 twice as long as deep. 



