. Catalogue of apodal fish, in the collection of the British Museum. Eels. GTMNOTIDJE. 135 This species is named anew, since the designation of rostratus is not pecuHarly descriptive of it. I. have not been able to ascertain the place from whence the specimen came. 12. Rhamphichthys Schomburgki, fig. 10. Fig. 10. â ? Rhamphichthys rostratus, Mi'dl. (& Trosch. Diagn. Forehead almost in an even line with the greatly-elon- gated snout. Anus situated be- fore the eyes. Pectoral fins not half as long as the snout. Thick- ness of the body equal to a fourth part of its height. Head marked with ye
. Catalogue of apodal fish, in the collection of the British Museum. Eels. GTMNOTIDJE. 135 This species is named anew, since the designation of rostratus is not pecuHarly descriptive of it. I. have not been able to ascertain the place from whence the specimen came. 12. Rhamphichthys Schomburgki, fig. 10. Fig. 10. â ? Rhamphichthys rostratus, Mi'dl. (& Trosch. Diagn. Forehead almost in an even line with the greatly-elon- gated snout. Anus situated be- fore the eyes. Pectoral fins not half as long as the snout. Thick- ness of the body equal to a fourth part of its height. Head marked with yellow on a brownish ground- colour. Descr. Colour of the body black- ish, with greyish-white scales. A broad black stripe runs along the lateral line. Anal fin blackish towards the points of the rays, and showing a lighter longitudinal line along their roots. It contains 430 Total length . Length of the portion of the tail beyond the anal fin . Length from tip of the snout to the edge of the gill-plate Length from tip of the snout to the eye . Length from tip of the snout to the anus . Length from tip of the snout to the anal fin . . Length of the pectoral fin . . 37-66 in. 8-67 4-57 2-80 2-48 3-31 1 06 This species approaches nearest to rostratus, but yet is distinctly separated from it by the conspicu- ously greater length of the snout,. 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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