. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. ANGUILLA. end of snout. Olive or dark green above, yellowish or white beneath. Vertebra 104. Total length 800 millim. Indian and South Pacific Oceans; entering rivers of East and South Africa.—Type in Berlin Museum. Fier. Anguitta mossambica. Type, after Peters (Keise Mossamb.). 1-2. Hgr. 3. Ad. 4. Ad. 5. Hgr. 6. Hgr. 7. Ad. 8. Skel. 9- •10. Hgr. 11- •13. Yg. 14. Ad. stuffec' Zanzibar. Seychelles. Groct Olifants R., Transvaal. UmEulosi, Zulu
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. ANGUILLA. end of snout. Olive or dark green above, yellowish or white beneath. Vertebra 104. Total length 800 millim. Indian and South Pacific Oceans; entering rivers of East and South Africa.—Type in Berlin Museum. Fier. Anguitta mossambica. Type, after Peters (Keise Mossamb.). 1-2. Hgr. 3. Ad. 4. Ad. 5. Hgr. 6. Hgr. 7. Ad. 8. Skel. 9- •10. Hgr. 11- •13. Yg. 14. Ad. stuffec' Zanzibar. Seychelles. Groct Olifants R., Transvaal. UmEulosi, Zululand. Dorp Spruit, near Pietermaritzburg. Durban. Buffalo R., King Williamstown. Near Grabamstown. Cape Colony. Sir J. Kirk (G). Prof. E. P. Wright (P.). Major G. E. Bruce (P.). Mr. C. Grant (C.) ; C. D. Rudd, Esq. (P.). Dr. E. Warren (P.). Major H. Trevelyan (P.). Rev. G. H. R. Fisk (P.). Sir A. Smith (P.). 3. ANGUILLA BENGALENS1S. Murcena bengalensis, Gray, in Hardwicke, 111. Ind. Zool. pi. —. fig. 5 (1830). Anguilla mauritiana, Bennett, Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 128 ; Gunth. Cat. Fish. viii. p. 25 (1870), and Fische Siidsee, p. 389 (1910) ; M. Weber, Zool. Jahrb., Suppl. xv. i. 1912, p. 582, 6g. Anguilla elphinstonei, Sykes, Tr. Zool. Soc. ii. 1841, p. 337 ; W. Weber, t. c. p. 578. Murcena {Anguilla) labiata, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1852, p. 684. Murcena {Anguilla) macrophthalma, Peters, 1. c. Anguilla johannce, Playf. & Gunth. Fish. Zanzib. p. 124, fig. (186G). Anguilla labiata, part., Playf. & Gunth. 1. c. Anguilla labiata, Peters, Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 94, pi. xvii. (1868) ; Gunth. Cat. Fish. viii. p. 26 (1870) ; Vincig. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) xv. 1895, p. 27 ; Pfeff. Thierw. , Fische, p. 71 (1896).. 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 Hist
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