. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 52 AXABANTID-E. as deep as Unvr, the di^itauce between dorsal and caudal about j length 3-4 of head. Scales rugose, partly cycloid, partly ctenoid, 27-29 jqiji ; lateral lines 4^. Brown above, lighter beneath, often spotted all over with black ; blackish lines radiating from the eye ; spinous dorsal with black markings ; lobe between opercular spines black. Total length 120 millim. Tort Elizabeth, Cape Colony. IWt 1-:}. Types. •1-t;. Types. 7-10, Types. 11. Skcl. 12. 11 or. H. A. Spencer, Es
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 52 AXABANTID-E. as deep as Unvr, the di^itauce between dorsal and caudal about j length 3-4 of head. Scales rugose, partly cycloid, partly ctenoid, 27-29 jqiji ; lateral lines 4^. Brown above, lighter beneath, often spotted all over with black ; blackish lines radiating from the eye ; spinous dorsal with black markings ; lobe between opercular spines black. Total length 120 millim. Tort Elizabeth, Cape Colony. IWt 1-:}. Types. •1-t;. Types. 7-10, Types. 11. Skcl. 12. 11 or. H. A. Spencer, (P.). 0. AVest, Esq. (P.). Fi-. Analias hainsii. Buffalo 11. 5. 3. ANABAS BAINSII. Saiulclid , Casteln. ]\I(' Afr. Austr. )>. 37 (ISGI) ; Boiileng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) iii. 1899, p. 243. Clenopoma microlepidotum, Giintli. Cat. Fisb. iii. p. 5G5 (18tJl). Spirol>m»chns hainsii, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) xviii. 1876, p. ti7. Anabas bainm, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (1) xvi. ;), j). .53. Depth of body 3 to 3^ times in total length, length of head 2| to 3 times. Snout rounded, as long as or slightly longer than eye, which is 4 to 5J times in length of head and 1 to li times in interorbital width ; maxillary extending to below centre of eye; palatine teeth present; pr;eoibital, prajopercnlum, suboperculum, and interoperculum not denticulate ; operculum with a deep notch, between two spines or groups of spines. 10 or 11 short gill-rakers on lower part nf anterior. 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 Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937; British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology. Lond.
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