. Catalogue of apodal fish, in the collection of the British Museum. Eels. 130 CATALOGUE OF FISH. From the point of tlie snout to the eye „ ,, to the gill-opening ,, ,, to the anus ,, ,, to the anal fin Height of the body .... Transverse diameter of ditto Length of the pectoral fin . . ,, tail beyond the anal fin Paris Museum. 0-71 in. l-'/S „ 1-22 „ 2-76 „ 1-45 „ 0-51 „ 0-75 „ 6-46 „ b. Species haviiKj the amis under or before the eyes and the herjin- nintj of the anal fin before the (jill-oi)enuujs. 7. Rhamphichthys lineatus, fig. 5. Rhamphichthys lineatus, Castelneau Amer. da sud. Zool., pi
. Catalogue of apodal fish, in the collection of the British Museum. Eels. 130 CATALOGUE OF FISH. From the point of tlie snout to the eye „ ,, to the gill-opening ,, ,, to the anus ,, ,, to the anal fin Height of the body .... Transverse diameter of ditto Length of the pectoral fin . . ,, tail beyond the anal fin Paris Museum. 0-71 in. l-'/S „ 1-22 „ 2-76 „ 1-45 „ 0-51 „ 0-75 „ 6-46 „ b. Species haviiKj the amis under or before the eyes and the herjin- nintj of the anal fin before the (jill-oi)enuujs. 7. Rhamphichthys lineatus, fig. 5. Rhamphichthys lineatus, Castelneau Amer. da sud. Zool., pi. 47, fig. 1. Fis. ^^^"^ Diagn. Anus situated in the anterior third part of the head. Descr. Length of the snout up to the eyes more than half the length of the head up to the gill-openings. Papilla before the anus compressed and concealed. Pectoral equal in length to the space between the posterior nostril and the eye. Body much com- pressed, with a transverse diameter equal to one-fourth of its height. Head without markings, blackish above, smoky white laterally. Fins yellowish-brown, without bands. Four dark longi- tudinal strijws on the sides. The tail of the solitary Parisian speci- men is, as shown by Castelneau's figure 2, suddenly terminated, as if a rapacious fish had bitten off its Distance from point of the snout to the gill-opening . 2'25 in. >. M „ to the eye .1-20 ,, .1 „ „ to the anus . 071 ,, .. ,, „ to the anal fin . TBI ,, Length of the pectoral fin 0 95 „. 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; Kaup, J. J. (Johann Jakob), 1803-1873; Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865. London, Pub. by order of the Trustees
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