. Catalogue of apodal fish, in the collection of the British Museum. Eels. ]'26 CATALOGUE OF FISH. either before or beneath the eye, which has uo lid. Nostril small, like a pore. Four rajs ia the brauchiostegal membrane. 1. StERNARCHUS ALBIFRONS. Sternarchus albifrons, Bl. et Schn. 407, t. 94. Gymnarchus albifrons. Pall. Spic. Zool. vii. 36, t. vi. 1 ; Oastelneau Amer. dii sud. Zool. t. 45, f. 1. A blunt head, and the gape of the mouth extending to beneatli the eyes. The finless part of the tail not equal in length to the head. A mesial milk-white stripe runs along the top of the head and buck
. Catalogue of apodal fish, in the collection of the British Museum. Eels. ]'26 CATALOGUE OF FISH. either before or beneath the eye, which has uo lid. Nostril small, like a pore. Four rajs ia the brauchiostegal membrane. 1. StERNARCHUS ALBIFRONS. Sternarchus albifrons, Bl. et Schn. 407, t. 94. Gymnarchus albifrons. Pall. Spic. Zool. vii. 36, t. vi. 1 ; Oastelneau Amer. dii sud. Zool. t. 45, f. 1. A blunt head, and the gape of the mouth extending to beneatli the eyes. The finless part of the tail not equal in length to the head. A mesial milk-white stripe runs along the top of the head and buck, and two broad dark bars cross the body. According to authors, the numbers of the hn-rays are P. 10; A. 147 ; C. 20. Surinam. British Museum. See also, 1, Sternarchus Lacepede, Castelneau Amer. ihi sud. t. , f. 3. 2, Sternarchus Maxirailiaui, Castelneau Amer. du sud. t. 45, f. 4 ; both with small mouths. 2. Sternarchus Brastlieksis. Sternarchus Brasiliensis, Reinhardt, Wie(/m. Arch. 1854, p. 182. Of an uniform dark chocolate-brown colour. Its head is said to be pointed. P. 18 ; A. 177 to 185 ; C. 19 or 20 Rays. Inhabits the Rio das Velhas. Since the three species albifrons, Bonapartii, and oxyrhinchns, are essentially separated from each other by the form of the head, it may be that BrasiUensis is but a variety of albifrons. It is pro- bably on this account that Pi'ofessor Reinhardt compares the species merely with the figure of albifrons. 3. Sternarchus Bonapartii. Sternarchus Bonapartii, Castelneau Amer. du sud. Zool. t. 40, f. 2. Fie. 1. r ' <. 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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