. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 54 1J times as deep as long, the distance between dorsal and caudal about £ length of head. Scales rugose and strongly ctenoid, 31- 35 =^§; lateral lines j^|. Olive or green above, with or without black spots or with rather indistinct dark vertical bars, whitish beneath ; soft dorsal spotted with blackish. Total length 140 millim. Bechuanaland, Zambesi Basin, Lakes Bangwelu and Mweru, Uelle.— Types in Berlin Museum. 1. One of. the t
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 54 1J times as deep as long, the distance between dorsal and caudal about £ length of head. Scales rugose and strongly ctenoid, 31- 35 =^§; lateral lines j^|. Olive or green above, with or without black spots or with rather indistinct dark vertical bars, whitish beneath ; soft dorsal spotted with blackish. Total length 140 millim. Bechuanaland, Zambesi Basin, Lakes Bangwelu and Mweru, Uelle.— Types in Berlin Museum. 1. One of. the types. 2-4. Ad. & hgr. 5. Skel. 6. Yg. 7. 8-10. Ad. & bgr. 11. Ad. 12-14. Ad.* 15. Skel. Quellimane, Mozambique. Umsitu R. at Broken Hill, Rhodesia. Kazungula, Upp. Zambesi. L. Bangwelu. Lukonzolwa, L. Mweru. Okovango R., L. Ngami. Prof. W. Peters (P.). Rev. F. A. Rogers and E. C. Chubb, Esq. (P.). Rev. L. Jalla (0.). F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). Dr. L. Shippers (C). R. , Esq. (C.). Anabas multisjpinis. Type, after Peters (Eeise Mossamb.). 5. ANABAS PELLEGRINI. Bonleng. Ann. Mns. Congo, Zool. ii. p. 51, pi. xv. fig. 1 (1902). Depth of body equal to or a little greater than length of head, SJ to 3| times in total length. Snout rounded, a little shorter than eye, which is 4 times in length of head and H times in interorbital * In one of the specimens ($ ) large round yellow eggs, about 2 millim. in diameter, are closely packed, 7 or 8 on each side, in a cavity behind the gills, entirely covered by the 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 : Printed by order of the Trustees : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Museum (Natural Hist
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