. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. -0 A^'ABA^â T1DJâ¢:. 2. Pncorliitiil sprratcd ; simiil luiijjtid ; iiu palatine toetli. 11. XV 10; A. VIII 11 IJ. A. , ]i\gr., p. 6C>. B. Caudal iioihincle aKseiit, iloisal and anal close to the caudal fin and foriniii^i a nearly continuous outline : snont ])ointed. D. XVI-XVIII 9-12 ; A. IX-X 10-12 . A. ocellatus, Pellegr., p. 67. 1. ANABAS CAPENSIS. Spirnhranchiis capeiisif. Cuv. ^t Val. Hist. Poiss. vii. p. 302, pi. CO. (1831); Val. in Cuv. Regnc Anini. Poiss. jil. Ixxv.
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. -0 A^'ABA^â T1DJâ¢:. 2. Pncorliitiil sprratcd ; simiil luiijjtid ; iiu palatine toetli. 11. XV 10; A. VIII 11 IJ. A. , ]i\gr., p. 6C>. B. Caudal iioihincle aKseiit, iloisal and anal close to the caudal fin and foriniii^i a nearly continuous outline : snont ])ointed. D. XVI-XVIII 9-12 ; A. IX-X 10-12 . A. ocellatus, Pellegr., p. 67. 1. ANABAS CAPENSIS. Spirnhranchiis capeiisif. Cuv. ^t Val. Hist. Poiss. vii. p. 302, pi. CO. (1831); Val. in Cuv. Regnc Anini. Poiss. jil. Ixxv. fi<r. ] (183fi) ; Casteln. Mem. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 3t; (ISlU) ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 373 (181)1) *. Anabas capensis, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 1005, p. .')3. Depth of body 3 to 3| times in total length, length of head 2f to 3 times. Snout rounded, as long as eye, wliich is 4 to 5 times in length of head and 1 to 1^ times in interorbital width; maxillary extending to Fiff. AnaliKs tn/ieiisit. Tvpe, after C'uvier & Viileiicl(.'nne3. below ant(>ri(.r tliird or centre of eye; jjulatinc tectli present; none of the bones of the head serrated ; operculum with a notch, between two more or less obtuse spines. 8 or 9 short gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XII-XIV 8-10; spines increasing in length to the iiiiitli or teutli, which measures about ^ length of head; longest soft rays about h length of liead. Anal VI-VII 8-11. similar to dorsal. Tectoral h to | length of head. Ventral not reaching anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle about Ih times as long as deep, llie distance between dorsal and caudal | to ^ lengtli of head. Scales rugose, partly cycloid, ])artly ctenoid, 27-30 |=)^; lateral lines ^l^.y Olive-brown above, yellowish beneatli. back sonu'tiines spotteil with blackish ; tlirec * The diagnosis given by (iiiutlu'i- does not apply to thf lirst of the three specimens enumerated by him, «hieh belongs to the species here
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