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further forward. Pectoral fin very large, the lower ray adnate to 

 a fleshy process. Vertebrae 16 + 14. 

 A single species." 



:: PANTODON BUCHHOLZI, Peters. 



Peters, t.c., p. 196, pi.; Bouleng., I.e.; Popta, Notes Leyd. Mus. 



xxiii., 1902, p. 111. 



" Depth of body 3^ to 3f times in total length, length of head 

 4 to 4^ times. Snout shorter than eye, the diameter of which is 

 3i times in length of head, If times in interocular width ; mouth 

 very oblique, directed upwards, extending beyond posterior border 

 of eye. 



Dorsal 6, above last rays of anal, 3^ to 4 times as distant from 

 head as from caudal ; third ray nearly as long as head. Anal 9-14, 

 sometimes divided into two by a notch, posterior rays shortest. 



FIG. 10. Pantoilnn buchholzi. 



Pectoral f to ^ total length, formed of 8 rays, first longest and 

 strong. First 4 ventral rays more or less produced, sometimes 

 reaching caudal. Caudal pointed, median rays nearly twice as long 

 as head. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 28-30 scales in 

 lateral line, 3^-5 in transverse series, 22 or 23 between occiput 

 and dorsal. 



Olive above, yellow or silvery beneath, more or less tinged with 

 carmine ; a few blackish dots on the body ; sometimes dark bands 

 across the back ; fins pink, with small, round, purplish-brown 

 spots forming cross-bands on the pectorals, which are dark purple 

 on the inner side and towards the end ; dark bars across the 

 lower jaw. 



