. Catalogue of apodal fish in the ... Museum. mi Height of tlio body 1-58 in. Transverse diameter of ditto ..... 0-30 ., ?Total length supposed to have been .... Ql-2(i ,, 8. Rhamphichthys pantherinus, fig. 0. Rbamphichthvs pantherinus, CasteJiwcm A)ncr. chi sud. Zoo}.,f\. 46. fig. 3. Fi«. D'lagn. Forehead elevated ; snout moderately long; anus in the fore third part of the vaiiously-spotted head. Descr. Snout foruiiug 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 genita
. Catalogue of apodal fish in the ... Museum. mi Height of tlio body 1-58 in. Transverse diameter of ditto ..... 0-30 ., ?Total length supposed to have been .... Ql-2(i ,, 8. Rhamphichthys pantherinus, fig. 0. Rbamphichthvs pantherinus, CasteJiwcm A)ncr. chi sud. Zoo}.,f\. 46. fig. 3. Fi«. D'lagn. Forehead elevated ; snout moderately long; anus in the fore third part of the vaiiously-spotted head. Descr. Snout foruiiug 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 stripe of the same hue runs along the front part of the anal fin. Pectoral fin feebly banded. Anal fin almost of one colour, witli merely traces of lines and points. It has 405 rays. Total length 2954 in. Length of the tail beyond tlie anal fin* ,, of head to edge of gill-plate . ,, from point of the snout to the eye . ,, „ „ to the anus * The tail sec'iiis to liave .sustained some injury at its end, being unusually short and flat. Its extremity for the length of 012 in. is merely skin, and appears to be a reproduction. 315 2-88 1-55 1-on. 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. Department of Zoology. [Fish]; Kaup, Johann Jacob, 1803-1873. London
Size: 2517px × 993px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1850, bookpublisherlondon, bookyear185
