. Catalogue of apodal fish, in the collection of the British Museum. Eels. 139 OF FISH. Length from point of the snout to the anal fin „ of the pectoral fin ... Height of the body ..... Transverse diameter of ditto 1-85 in. 0-95 „ 2-44 „ 0-83 „ 9. Rhamphichthys marmoratus, fig. 7. Rhamphichthys marmoratus, Castelneaii Amer. du ,t. 46,f. 2. Fis. Diiif/n. Anus before the eyes. Snout longer than that of jyan- theriiius, and rising less steeply. Descr. I have seen only a very defective skin of this species, which Count Castelneau brought from South America. It comes neares
. Catalogue of apodal fish, in the collection of the British Museum. Eels. 139 OF FISH. Length from point of the snout to the anal fin „ of the pectoral fin ... Height of the body ..... Transverse diameter of ditto 1-85 in. 0-95 „ 2-44 „ 0-83 „ 9. Rhamphichthys marmoratus, fig. 7. Rhamphichthys marmoratus, Castelneaii Amer. du ,t. 46,f. 2. Fis. Diiif/n. Anus before the eyes. Snout longer than that of jyan- theriiius, and rising less steeply. Descr. I have seen only a very defective skin of this species, which Count Castelneau brought from South America. It comes nearest to pantherinus, from which, however, it is distinguished by a longer snout, and the anus situated more posteriorly. All the scales, moreover, seem to be coarser. Length of head up to the edge of the gill-plate . 307 in. ,, ,, to the eye . . 1'0"2 ,, „ „ to the anus . . . 1-38 „ „ ,, to the anal fin ... 2'13 ,, of the pectoral fin . . . 0'95 „ 10. Rhamphichthys Reinhardti, fig. 8. Diafjn. Anus situated behind the middle of the elongated snout, accompanied by a distinctly visible genital papilla. Descr. The length of the rising snout a little exceeds half the entire length of the head. Anus, with its visible papilla, situate on the hinder half of the snout. Transverse diameter of the body contained tlu'ce times and a half in the height of the same. Head ornamented by blackish spots and yellowish markings. No mark-. 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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