. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. ol 1}, times as deep as long, tlie distance between dorsal and caudal about ^ length of head. Scales rugose and strongly ctenoid, 31- 35 ^^; lateral lines j^^. Olive or green above, with or without black spots or with rather indistinct dark vertical bars, whitish beneath ; soft dorsal spotted with l)lackish. Total length 140 milliin. Bechuanaland, Zambesi Basin. Lakes Bangwelu and Mweru, Uelle.— Types in Berlin Museum. 1. Oiif! of tlie types. 2-1. Ad. & lurr. .'). Skel. (!. Yg. 7. 8-10. A


. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. ol 1}, times as deep as long, tlie distance between dorsal and caudal about ^ length of head. Scales rugose and strongly ctenoid, 31- 35 ^^; lateral lines j^^. Olive or green above, with or without black spots or with rather indistinct dark vertical bars, whitish beneath ; soft dorsal spotted with l)lackish. Total length 140 milliin. Bechuanaland, Zambesi Basin. Lakes Bangwelu and Mweru, Uelle.— Types in Berlin Museum. 1. Oiif! of tlie types. 2-1. Ad. & lurr. .'). Skel. (!. Yg. 7. 8-10. All 11. Ad. 12-14. Ad.* 15. I>^k(-I. ct 1. g''- Qiipllimano, Moz:uiil)ii{no. Umsitii R. at Broken Hill, Rhodesia. Kiizungula, Upp. Zambesi. L. Bangvveln. Lidcoiizohva, L. Mweni. Okovango I?., L. Ngami. Prof. W. Fetors (P.). Kcv. F. A. Rogers and E. C". Chubb, Esq. (P.). l{ev. L. Jalla ((J.). F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). Dr. L. Stappers (C). n. , Esq. (f.). Fig. 30. V^^^^^t^vVW^^. Atidlias mulltsjiiiiis. Type, after Peters (Reise ^lossainb.). 0. ANABAS PELLEGRINI. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. C-ongo, Zool. ii. p. 51, pi. xv. fig. 1 (1002). Depth of body equal to or a little greater than length of head. 'A^ to 3i times in total length. Snout rounded, a little shorter than eye, which is 4 times in length of head and l-J times in interorbital * In one of tlie specimens ( 2 ) large ronnd yellow eggs, abont 2 niillim. in diameter, ari> closely parked. 7 or S on each sidi', in a cavitv bidiind the gills, entirely covered by tlie '• 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 Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937; British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology. Lond.


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