. Catalogue of apodal fish in the ... Museum. 134 CATALOGUE OF FISH. Gyninotus rostratus, Bl. S Schn. 52-3, t. 106; Seha, iii. t. 32, No. 5. Carapus rostratus, Ctiv. ii. p. 357. Fig. Diagn. Auus situated somewhat before the eyes, and accompanied by a genital papilla that measures 0-079 in. in length. Snout descending from the eye, and composing about five-eighths of the length of the liead. Head and body spotted as in Schneideri. Along the middle of the height, above the anal fin, there runs an interrupted line of oblique bars. The fins are marked in a similar manner to those of Schneideri
. Catalogue of apodal fish in the ... Museum. 134 CATALOGUE OF FISH. Gyninotus rostratus, Bl. S Schn. 52-3, t. 106; Seha, iii. t. 32, No. 5. Carapus rostratus, Ctiv. ii. p. 357. Fig. Diagn. Auus situated somewhat before the eyes, and accompanied by a genital papilla that measures 0-079 in. in length. Snout descending from the eye, and composing about five-eighths of the length of the liead. Head and body spotted as in Schneideri. Along the middle of the height, above the anal fin, there runs an interrupted line of oblique bars. The fins are marked in a similar manner to those of Schneideri. Total length Length of finless portion of the tail . From the snout to the edge of the gill-plate eye anus anal fin Height of the body Thickness of ditto 24-79 5-00 3-19 1-93 1-73 2-76 1-77 0-59 I know of no other example of this species than Bloch's original one, described above. It is now in the Berlin Museum, and is figured in Bloch and Schneider's Sjjstema, pi. 106. The upper point of the snout is wanting, which explains the cause of the absence of half the teeth in Schneider's figure. That the head is represented as being scaly, is a liberty taken either by the designer or engraver. The specimen is now wholly faded, and shows the merest traces of its original markings. According to the authors of the Hora Ichthyolor/iccc, this individual has 365 rays in the anal fin ; Bloch and Schneider give the number as 292, and Sebaas 290. All these enumerations are erroneous, and Bloch and Schneider do not seem to have taken the trouble of reckoning them, but merely to have deducted four from the number mentioned by 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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