. Catalogue of apodal fish in the ... Museum. 139 CATALOGUE OF FISH. Length from point of the snout to the anal fin . .1-85 in. of the pectoral fin ..... 0-95 „ Height of the body 2-44 „ Transverse diameter of ditto ..... 0'83 ,, 9. Rhamphichthts marmoratus, fig. 7. Rhampbichthys marmoratus, Castelneau ,t. 46,f. 2. Fig. Diagn. Anus before the eyes. Snout longer than that of 2'«'i- therinus, and rising less steeply. Descr. I have seen only a very defective skin of this species, which Count Castelneau brought from Soutli America. It comes nearest to pantherinus, from which,
. Catalogue of apodal fish in the ... Museum. 139 CATALOGUE OF FISH. Length from point of the snout to the anal fin . .1-85 in. of the pectoral fin ..... 0-95 „ Height of the body 2-44 „ Transverse diameter of ditto ..... 0'83 ,, 9. Rhamphichthts marmoratus, fig. 7. Rhampbichthys marmoratus, Castelneau ,t. 46,f. 2. Fig. Diagn. Anus before the eyes. Snout longer than that of 2'«'i- therinus, and rising less steeply. Descr. I have seen only a very defective skin of this species, which Count Castelneau brought from Soutli 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. ength of head up to the edge of the gill-plate . 3'07 ,, ,, to the eye . 1-62 „ ,, to the anus . 1-38 „ ,, to tlie anal fin . 2-13 „ of the pectoral fin . 0-95 10. Rhamphichthts Reinhardti, fig. 8. Diagn. Anus situated behind the middle of the elongated snout, accompanied by a distinctly \isible genital papilla. Descr. The length of the rising snout a little exceeds half the entii'e length of the head. Anus, with its visible papilla, situate on the hinder half of the snout. Transverse diameter of the body contained three 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. Department of Zoology. [Fish]; Kaup, Johann Jacob, 1803-1873. London
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