. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. .-2 ANABA^' as deep as long, the distance between dorsal and caudal about i length of head. Scales rugose, partly cycloid, partly ctenoid, 27-29 jqih â > lateral lines '^. Brown above, lighter beneath, often spotted all over 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. l-:5. Types. I'ort; ElizaLeth. 4-6. Types. -, 7-10. Types. II. Skel
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. .-2 ANABA^' as deep as long, the distance between dorsal and caudal about i length of head. Scales rugose, partly cycloid, partly ctenoid, 27-29 jqih â > lateral lines '^. Brown above, lighter beneath, often spotted all over 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. l-:5. Types. I'ort; ElizaLeth. 4-6. Types. -, 7-10. Types. II. Skel. \2. Hot. :â ' H. A. Spencer, Esq. (P.). U. West, Esq. (P.). l^i.'. Auahas haiiisii. Buffalo li. s. 3. ANABAS BATNSII. Saiulelia hains'd, t'listehi. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 37 (1861) ; Bouleng. Ann. k Mag. N. H. (7) iii. 1899, p. 243. ('tenopoma microlepidotiim, Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p, 565 (1861). Spirobranchus bainsii, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. EL. (4) xviii. 1876, p. 67. Anahas bainsii, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 1905, p. 53. Depth of body 3 to o^ times in total length, length of head 2| to 3 lime^. Snout rounded, as long as or slightly longer than eye, which is 4 to 5f times in length of head and 1 to IJ times in interorbital width ; maxillary extending to below centre of eye; palatine teeth present; prfeorbital, prseoperculum, suboperculum, and iiiteroperculum 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 [by Taylor and Francis]
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