. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. SYNODONTIS. 461 rounded. Pectoral spine nearly as long as head, moderately serrated on outer edge, very strongly on inner, not reaching ventral. Caudal deeply forked, upper lobe the longer. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Greyish above, with small scattered darker spots, white beneath; dorsal and caudal fins with small greyish spots ; dorsal filament and upper and lower borders of caudal fin black. Total length 180 millim. White Nile. 1. Type.
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. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. SYNODONTIS. 461 rounded. Pectoral spine nearly as long as head, moderately serrated on outer edge, very strongly on inner, not reaching ventral. Caudal deeply forked, upper lobe the longer. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Greyish above, with small scattered darker spots, white beneath; dorsal and caudal fins with small greyish spots ; dorsal filament and upper and lower borders of caudal fin black. Total length 180 millim. White Nile. 1. Type. Jebelain. L. Loat, Esq. (0.). 48. SYNODONTIS SMITI. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. p. 45, pi. xii. fig. 3 (1902). Fig. 346.. Synodontis smiti. Type (A. M. C). §. Depth of body 4£ to 5 times in total length, length of head nearly 4 times. Head 1^ times as long as broad, rugose above ; snout pointed, f length of head ; eye supero-lateral, 3§ times in length of head, 1 or 1| times in interorbital width ; lips moderately developed ; prBemaxillary teeth forming a short, broad band; movable mandibular teeth about -| diameter of eye, 16 or 17 in number. Maxillary barbel with a broad inner marginal membrane, a little shorter than head, extending a little beyond root of pectoral spine; mandibular barbels with long slender. 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 work.. 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 (Natural History)