. Catalogue of apodal fish, in the collection of the British Museum. Eels. ini Height of the body 1-58 in. Trausverse diameter of ditto ..... 0'39 „ ? Total length supposed to have been . . .21-20 ,, 8. RlIAMFHICIlTHYS PANTHERINTIS, fig. 0. Rhamphichthvs pantherinus, CasteJneau Amcr. ilu sud. ZooL, pi. IG, fig. 3. Fio-. Diagn. Forehead elevated ; snout moderately long; anus in the fore third part of the variously-spotted head. Descr. Snout forming somewhat above half the length of the head, measured up to the gill-opening. Forehead rising ; anus before the eyes, accompanied by
. Catalogue of apodal fish, in the collection of the British Museum. Eels. ini Height of the body 1-58 in. Trausverse diameter of ditto ..... 0'39 „ ? Total length supposed to have been . . .21-20 ,, 8. RlIAMFHICIlTHYS PANTHERINTIS, fig. 0. Rhamphichthvs pantherinus, CasteJneau Amcr. ilu sud. ZooL, pi. IG, fig. 3. Fio-. Diagn. Forehead elevated ; snout moderately long; anus in the fore third part of the variously-spotted head. Descr. Snout forming somewhat above half the length of the head, measured up to the gill-opening. Forehead rising ; anus before the eyes, accompanied by a concealed compressed genital papilla, which is notched on its under border. Pectoral fin not half as long as the snout. Head for the most part spotted with black on a greyish-red ground colour. Back broad, with three rows of black spots, and surrounding white dots. Under the streaked lateral line the sides are marbled, and over the anal fin finely dotted. Round the pectoral fin, and near the anus, there is a blue tint; and a sti'ipe of the same hue runs along the front part of the anal fin. Pectoral fin feebly banded. Anal fin almost of one colour, with merely traces of lines and points. It has 405 rays. Total length 2954 in. Length of the tail beyond the anal fin* ,, of head to edge of gill-plate . from point of the snout to the eye . ,, „ „ to the anus 315 2-88 1-55 1-06 * The tail seems to liave sustained some injurj- at its end, being unusually short and flat. Its extremity for the length of 0-12 in. is merely skin, and appears to be a 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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