-0 A^'ABA^■T1DJ•:. 



2. Pncorliitiil sprratcd ; simiil luiijjtid ; iiu palatine toetli. 



11. XV 10; A. VI II 11 IJ. A. o.ryrhi/nchus, ]i\gr., p. 6C>. 



B. Caudal iioihincle aKseiit, iloisal and anal close to the caudal fin and 

 foriniii^i a nearly continuous outline : snont ])ointed. 

 D. XVI-XVIII 9-12 ; A. IX-X 10-12 . . If.. A. ocellatus, Pellegr., p. 67. 



1. ANABAS CAPENSIS. 

 Spirnhranchiis capeiisif. Cuv. ^t Val. Hist. Poiss. vii. p. 302, pi. CO. (1831); Val. 



in Cuv. Regnc Anini. llhistr.. Poiss. jil. Ixxv. fi<r. ] (183fi) ; Casteln. Mem. 



Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 3t; (ISlU) ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 373 (181)1) *. 

 Anabas capensis, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 1005, p. .')3. 



Depth of body 3 to 3| times in total length, length of head 2f to 3 

 times. Snout rounded, as long as eye, wliich is 4 to 5 times in length 

 of head and 1 to 1^ times in interorbital width; maxillary extending to 



Fiff. 27. 



AnaliKs tn/ieiisit. 

 Tvpe, after C'uvier & Viileiicl(.'nne3. 



below ant(>ri(.r tliird or centre of eye; jjulatinc tectli present; none of 

 the bones of the head serrated ; operculum with a notch, between two 

 more or less obtuse spines. 8 or 9 short gill-rakers on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal XII-XIV 8-10; spines increasing in length to 

 the iiiiitli or teutli, which measures about ^ length of head; longest 

 soft rays about h length of liead. Anal VI- VII 8-11. similar to dorsal. 

 Tectoral h to | length of head. Ventral not reaching anal. Caudal 

 rounded. Caudal peduncle about Ih times as long as deep, llie distance 

 between dorsal and caudal | to ^ lengtli of head. Scales rugose, partly 

 cycloid, ])artly ctenoid, 27-30 |=)^ ; lateral lines ^l^.y Olive-brown 

 above, yellowish beneatli. back sonu'tiines spotteil with blackish ; tlirec 



* The diagnosis given by (iiiutlu'i- does not apply to thf lirst of the three specimens 

 enumerated by him, «hieh belongs to the species here described as A. viciiiKs. 



