. Catalogue of apodal fish, in the collection of the British Museum. Eels. 133 ings on the face or gill-plates, except a few light porous specks. Top of the back spotted with black, with light dots. A dark stripe Fig. along the lateral line. A grey colour prevails on the side of the belly and above tlie anal fin; and between it and the lateral line there runs a broader yellow stripe, which disappears towards the tail. Pectoral fin unspotted. Anal fin yellowish-brown at the base, with irregular stripes, and towards its end dark brown with lighter dots. This species came to the P
. Catalogue of apodal fish, in the collection of the British Museum. Eels. 133 ings on the face or gill-plates, except a few light porous specks. Top of the back spotted with black, with light dots. A dark stripe Fig. along the lateral line. A grey colour prevails on the side of the belly and above tlie anal fin; and between it and the lateral line there runs a broader yellow stripe, which disappears towards the tail. Pectoral fin unspotted. Anal fin yellowish-brown at the base, with irregular stripes, and towards its end dark brown with lighter dots. This species came to the Paris Museum from the collection of Ajuda. It approaches nearest to Rh. Blochii, Schneideri, and Schomburgki, from all which it is readily distinguished by the position of the anus. From imntherinns and marmoratus it differs in the greater length of its snout. P. 19 ; A. 394 rays. Total length 28-75 in. Length of tail beyond the anal fin* .... 4-73 ,, From the point of the snout to the edge of the gill-plate 2-99 ,, ,, ,, ,, to the eyes . . 1-81 ,, ,, ,, ,, to the anus . . 1-18 „ „ ,, ,, to the anal fin . 2-29 ,, Height of the body 1'89 „ Transverse diameter of the body .... 0'55 „ Length of the pectoral ...... 083 ,, Habitat not noted. 11. Rhamfhichthys Blochii, fig. 9. Rhamphichthys rostratus. Mull. <& Trosch. * In this specimen also the tail has been damaged, but there projects, for 0-79 in., a cutaneous Hap, which runs into a filament beneath. I consider these cutaneous appendages to be reproductions, an effort of nature which has not been previouslj- noticed among 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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