. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. PLOTOSTJS.âEUTROP1US. 279 Plotosus castaneus, Bleok. Nat. Tijdscbr. Ned. Ind. ii. 1851, p. 490. Plotosus arab, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. ii. p. 98, pi. xcv. fig. 2 (18G2) ; Day, Fish. Ind. p. 483, pi. cxii. fig. 4 (1878). Depth of body 6£ to 8 times in total length, length of head 4^ to 5 times. Snout rounded, feebly projecting beyond mouth, its length equal to interorbital width ; eye supero-lateral, 5 to 6 times in length of head ; lips papillose ; teeth large. Nasal and inner ma
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. PLOTOSTJS.âEUTROP1US. 279 Plotosus castaneus, Bleok. Nat. Tijdscbr. Ned. Ind. ii. 1851, p. 490. Plotosus arab, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. ii. p. 98, pi. xcv. fig. 2 (18G2) ; Day, Fish. Ind. p. 483, pi. cxii. fig. 4 (1878). Depth of body 6£ to 8 times in total length, length of head 4^ to 5 times. Snout rounded, feebly projecting beyond mouth, its length equal to interorbital width ; eye supero-lateral, 5 to 6 times in length of head ; lips papillose ; teeth large. Nasal and inner mandibular barbels 1 to i length of head, maxillary and outer mandibular f to f. Gill- rakers rather long, closely set, about 20 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal I 4-5, 85-100; anal 70-80; spine strong, serrated in front and Fig. 229. aggpa^WM â Plotosus anyuillaris. Indian Ocean (after Da}', Fish. Ind.). §. behind, \ to ^ length of head. Pectoral about -J length of head, with strong but short spine serrated on both sides. Ventral 1^ to If times as distant from caudal as from end of snout. Dark brown, usually with two or three bluish-white longitudinal streaks on each side, at least in the young. Total length 250 millim. Indian Ocean and Western Pacific, as far north as Japan. 1-2. Yg. Gulf of Suez. R. MacAndrew, Esq. (P.). 3-5, 6. Hgr. & yg. Zanzibar. Sir L. Playfair (P.). 7. Hgr. Rodriguez. G. Gulliver, Esq. (P.)' 8. Skel. ? 9. EUTROPIUS. Mull. & Trosch. Hor. Ichthyol. iii. p. 6 (1849) ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. v. p. 52 (1864); Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 266 (1901), and Fish. Nile, p. 306 (1907). Body moderately elongate, strongly compressed, the prsecaudal region short. Dorsal fin short, with a spine and 5 or 6 branched rays; a very. 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 r
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