. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. AN ABAS. 0/ 8. Ad. 9-10. Ad. & hgr. 11. Ad. 12-14, 15. Ad. & hgr. 16. Ad. Lebuzi It. (Ohiloango) at Kuka Muno. Banana, Lower Congo. Manyanga, „ Monsembe, Upper Congo. Upper Congo. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). Capt. Wilverth (C). Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). Brussels University. Fig. Anabas congicus. Type. 7. ANABAS CONGICUS. Ctenopoma congicum, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (5) xix. 1887, p. 148. Anabas congicus, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H.
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. AN ABAS. 0/ 8. Ad. 9-10. Ad. & hgr. 11. Ad. 12-14, 15. Ad. & hgr. 16. Ad. Lebuzi It. (Ohiloango) at Kuka Muno. Banana, Lower Congo. Manyanga, „ Monsembe, Upper Congo. Upper Congo. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). Capt. Wilverth (C). Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). Brussels University. Fig. Anabas congicus. Type. 7. ANABAS CONGICUS. Ctenopoma congicum, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (5) xix. 1887, p. 148. Anabas congicus, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) iii. 1899, p. 242, Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 374 (1901), and Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. pp. 22 & 51 (1902). Depth of body 2f to 3 times in total length, length of head 3 to 3^ times. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 3 (young) to 3f times in length of head and nearly equals interorbital width ; maxillary extending to below anterior border or anterior fourth of eye; no palatine teeth ; prseorbital, prreoperculum, and interoperculum entire ; suboperculum more or less strongly denticulate; 4 or 5 spines above and one below opercular notch. 7 or 8 very short gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI-XVII 8-9 ; last spine longest, f to ^ length of head ; longest soft rays f to f length of head in females and young, produced and longer than head in males. Anal IX-XI 9-11, similar to dorsal. Pectoral nearly as long as head. Ventral produced into a filament, reaching far beyond origin of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as deep as long, as long as eye. Scales rugose, strongly ctenoid, 26-28 g-; lateral lines 7-fjp Yellowish. 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; Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937. London : P
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