. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. CO AXABANTIDJE. Pectoral f length of a filament. Anal X-XI 7, similar to dorsal. head. Ventral produced into a filament, reaching beyond origin of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle extremely short, shorter than eye. Scales rugose, strongly ctenoid, 28-30 2J-3 lateral lines 2-8 0-5- Brownish, with 6 or 7 regular dark brown or blackish vertical bars, narrower than the interspaces ; fins greyish brown, dorsal and anal with black bars, the conti
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. CO AXABANTIDJE. Pectoral f length of a filament. Anal X-XI 7, similar to dorsal. head. Ventral produced into a filament, reaching beyond origin of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle extremely short, shorter than eye. Scales rugose, strongly ctenoid, 28-30 2J-3 lateral lines 2-8 0-5- Brownish, with 6 or 7 regular dark brown or blackish vertical bars, narrower than the interspaces ; fins greyish brown, dorsal and anal with black bars, the continuation of those on the body, and with the rays terminating in white filaments; the bars indistinct in some specimens. Total length 63 millim. Chiloango. 1-8. Types. Luali R. at Lundo. Dr. TT. J. Ansorge (C). PiS. Anabas fasciolatus. Type. 10. ANABAS FASCIOLATUS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) iii. 1899, p. 242, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 375 (1901) ; Arnold, Wochenschr. 1913, pp. 681, 723, figs. Depth of body 1\ to 2-J times in total length, length of head 3| to 3^ times. Snout rounded, a little shorter than eye, which is 4 times in length of head and a little exceeds interorbital width ; maxillary hardly extending to below anterior border of eye ; no palatine teeth ; prae- orbital, praeoperculum, and interoperculum entire ; suboperculum entire or indistinctly denticulate; 3 or 4 small spines above and 1 or 2 below opercular notch. 8 or 9 very short gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI 8-9; last spine longest, \ length of head; median soft ray produced into a filament. Anal X 9-11, similar to 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 Tr
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