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Annals of tin Sim Hi African 



3. ANABAS BAINSII, Cast. 



Sandelia bainsii, Casteln., Mi'iu. Poiss. Ai'r. Austr., p. 37 (1861) ; 

 Bouleug., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist, (7), iii, 1899, p. 243. 



Ctenopoma microlepidotum, G-unth., Cat. Fish., iii, p. 565 (1861). 



Spirobranchus bainsii, Grunth., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), xviii, 

 1876, p. 67. 



Anabas bainsii, Bouleng., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), xvi, 1905, 

 p. 53, and Freshw. Fish. Africa, iv, p. 52, fig. 29 (1916). 



Teeth in a villiforin band on jaws, those of the outer row enlarged ; 

 in a narrow band on vomer and palatines. Depth of body 2 times 

 in total length excluding caudal, length of head 2} times. Snout 

 obtusely conical, 4 times in length of head and equals interorbital 

 space, which is flat ; eye 4J times in length of head ; preopercular 

 margin entire, angle rounded ; operculum terminates in 2 processes, 



FIG. 159. Anabas bainsii. . 



each of which is provided with 2 or more teeth, and which have a 

 semicircular notch between them filled with a blackish membrane ; 

 serrature of suboperculum very indistinct, interopercle smooth ; 

 portion of gill-membranes covering isthmus scaly. Head covered 

 with scales except on snout ; scales on upper surface irregular, those on 

 cheeks small, 8 series between orbit and margin of preoperculum ; 

 large open pores on head. 



Dorsal xv 10 ; spines low, increasing in length to the last, which 

 is nearly J length of head ; middle rays of soft dorsal and anal 

 slightly produced and reaching beyond base of caudal. Pectoral 

 rounded, a little more than f length of head. Ventral ^ length of 

 head. Anal viii 9 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which 



