. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 52 ANABANTIDJE. as deep as long, the distance between dorsal and caudal about \ length 3-4 of head. Scales rugose, partly cycloid, partly ctenoid, 27-29 j^jj ; Brown above, lighter beneath, often spotted all over lateral lines 15-18 4-11 with black; blackish lines radiating from the eye ; spinous dorsal with black markings ; lobe between opercular spines black. Total length 120 millim. Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. 1-3. Types, 4-6. Types. 7-10. T
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 52 ANABANTIDJE. as deep as long, the distance between dorsal and caudal about \ length 3-4 of head. Scales rugose, partly cycloid, partly ctenoid, 27-29 j^jj ; Brown above, lighter beneath, often spotted all over lateral lines 15-18 4-11 with black; blackish lines radiating from the eye ; spinous dorsal with black markings ; lobe between opercular spines black. Total length 120 millim. Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. 1-3. Types, 4-6. Types. 7-10. Types. 11. Skel. 12. Hgr. Port Elizabeth. H. A. Spencer, Esq. (P.). 0. West, Esq. (P.). Anabas bainsii. Buffalo E. §. 3. ANABAS BAINSII. Sandelia bainsii, Casteln. Mem. Poiss. Afr. Atistr. p. 37 (1861) ; Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) iii. 1899, p. 243. Ctenopoma microlepidotum, Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 565 (1861). Spirobranchus bainsii, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) xviii. 1876, p. 67. Anabas bainsii, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 1905, p. 53. Depth of body 3 to 3-^ times in total length, length of head 2| to 3 times. Snout rounded, as long as or slightly longer than eye, which is 4 to 5-J times in length of head and 1 to 1| times in interorbital width ; maxillary extending to below centre of eye; palatine teeth present; prseorbital, prseoperculum, suboperculum, and interoperculum not denticulate ; operculum with a deep notch, between two spines or groups of spines. 10 or 11 short gill-rakers on lower part of anterior. 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 (
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