. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. G4 AXABANTlDiE. 13. ANABAS MURIEL Ctenopoma petherici, part., G-unth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xiii. 1864, p. 211, and Petherick's Trav. ii. p. 208 (1869). Anabas â petherici, Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool, France, xvii. 1905, p. 185. Anabas muriei, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xviii. 1906, p. 348, and Fish. Nile, p. 444, pi. lxxxiii. fig. 2 (1907). Depth of body equal to length of head, 2f to 3 times in total length. Snout rounded, a little sh
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. G4 AXABANTlDiE. 13. ANABAS MURIEL Ctenopoma petherici, part., G-unth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xiii. 1864, p. 211, and Petherick's Trav. ii. p. 208 (1869). Anabas â petherici, Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool, France, xvii. 1905, p. 185. Anabas muriei, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xviii. 1906, p. 348, and Fish. Nile, p. 444, pi. lxxxiii. fig. 2 (1907). Depth of body equal to length of head, 2f to 3 times in total length. Snout rounded, a little shorter than eye, which is 3j to 4-g- times in length of head and 1 to 1J times in interorbital width; maxillary extending to below anterior fourth or third of eye; palatine teeth present; prseorbital and prseoperculum entire; interoperculum often Fig. Anabas muriei. Type (F. N.). entire; suboperculum finely serrated ; operculum with two groups of strong sense, with a deep notch between them. 5 or 6 very short gill- rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XVI 8-10 ; spines subequal from the fifth or sixth, about f length of head ; longest soft ravs about f length of head. Anal IX-XI 8-10, similar to dorsal. Pectoral f to f length of head. little beyond. Caudal rounded peduncle. Scales rugose and strongly ctenoid, 27-28 Ventral reaching origin of anal or a A mere indication of a caudal 3 9-10 ' lateral lines 13-16 10-13- Olive, with numerous small black spots; a blackish ocellar spot edged with yellowish at the root of, and partly upon, the caudal fin. Total length 80 millim. White Nile, Bahr-el-Gebel, Lake Victoria. 1-2. Types. Kaka, White Nile. 23. Skel. Ghnrb-el-Aish, White Nile. L. Loat, Esq. (C).. 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 Zoo
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