. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. The Freshwater Fishes of South Africa. 545 Oue specimen, 97 mm. in length, from Le Roux River, Oucltslioom, Cape Province. Five specimens, ranging from 25-37 mm. in length, from Grobelaars River, near Oudtshooru, Cape Province. Two specimens, 60 mm., 70mm. in length respectively, from Baakens River, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province. : 2. AN ABAS VICINUS, Blgr. Bouleng., Freshw. Fish. Africa, iv, p. 51, tig. 28 (1916). " Depth of body 2| to 3 times in total length, length of head 2f to 3 times. Snout
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. The Freshwater Fishes of South Africa. 545 Oue specimen, 97 mm. in length, from Le Roux River, Oucltslioom, Cape Province. Five specimens, ranging from 25-37 mm. in length, from Grobelaars River, near Oudtshooru, Cape Province. Two specimens, 60 mm., 70mm. in length respectively, from Baakens River, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province. : 2. AN ABAS VICINUS, Blgr. Bouleng., Freshw. Fish. Africa, iv, p. 51, tig. 28 (1916). " Depth of body 2| to 3 times in total length, length of head 2f to 3 times. Snout rounded, as long as or a little shorter than eye, which is 4 to 5 times in length of head and 1 to 1-J- times in inter- i x>4 £W £/Y\AX;v;X^%\-\vv-- • WK?ffl^^ffi^^K: m ft f I ?f m W' Y^vw®^^ "JyA^^W^VM^i^'. FIG. 158.—,6as incinws. Type. orbital width ; maxillary to below anterior third or centre of eye; palatine teeth present; none of the bones of the head serrated; operculum with a notch, between two more or less obtuse spines, 9 to 11 short gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal xiii-xv 8-9 ; spines increasing in length to the eighth or ninth, which measures about i length of head; longest soft rays ? to .V length of head. Anal viii-ix 8-9, similar to dorsal. Pectoral -I to f length of head. Ventral not reaching anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle If to 2 times as deep as long, the distance between dorsal and caudal about i length of head. Scales rugose, partly cycloid, partly ctenoid, 27-29 j^ij; lateral lines ^-j. 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 inilli Port Elizabeth, Cape ; 38. 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
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