. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 550 Annals nf the South African Museum. from former 37} times its length. Snout 4 times as long as eye, ending in an appendage which is 1.]- times as long as eye ; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye; no preorbital or preopercular spines. Dorsal xxxii 70; last spine twice as long as eye ; distance between first spine and head } length of latter. Anal ii 75 ; first spine short, second as long as last dorsal. Caudal rounded. Pectoral -} length of head. Scales very small, 15 between origin of
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 550 Annals nf the South African Museum. from former 37} times its length. Snout 4 times as long as eye, ending in an appendage which is 1.]- times as long as eye ; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye; no preorbital or preopercular spines. Dorsal xxxii 70; last spine twice as long as eye ; distance between first spine and head } length of latter. Anal ii 75 ; first spine short, second as long as last dorsal. Caudal rounded. Pectoral -} length of head. Scales very small, 15 between origin of soft dorsal and lateral line. Yellowish-brown with blackish-brown marblings and a broad festooned, blackish-brown lateral band in front; a vertebral series of large blackish-brown spots narrowly separated from each other; a pair of yellowish streaks, confluent in front, on each side of the back between the dark bands ; caudal region blackish brown with a network of yellow lines ; lower edg3 of anal yellow. One specimen, 240 mm. in length, from Sipapoma, South Rhodesia (Rev. Ellenberger). Bulawayo Museum. It is also reported from Northern Rhodesia. ADDENDA. Page 331. After Gnathonemus macrolepidotus insert: *GNATHONEMUS ANGOLENSIS, Blgr. Bouleng., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7). xv, 1905, p. 458, and Freshw. Fish. Africa, i, p. 109, fig. 89 (1909), and iv, p. 165 (1915); Pellegr., Bull. Soc. Zool. France, xxxix, 1914, p. FIG. 162.—Gnathonemus angolensis. Type. "Depth of body 3j to 3^ times in total length, length of head 4J- to 5 times. Head as long as deep, with curved upper profile ; snout. 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 South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ]
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