52 AXABANTID-E. 



as deep as Unvr, the di^itauce between dorsal and caudal about j length 



3-4 



of head. Scales rugose, partly cycloid, partly ctenoid, 27-29 jqiji ; 

 lateral lines 4^. 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 millim. 



Tort Elizabeth, Cape Colony. 

 IWt Elizi.lictli. 



1-:}. Types. 

 •1-t;. Types. 

 7-10, Types. 



11. Skcl. 



12. 11 or. 



H. A. Spencer, Es.j. (P.). 

 0. AVest, Esq. (P.). 



Fi-. -20. 



Analias hainsii. 

 Buffalo 11. 5. 



3. ANABAS BAINSII. 



Saiulclid luiiii.tii, Casteln. ]\I('ir.. Poi.ss. Afr. Austr. )>. 37 (ISGI) ; Boiileng. Ann. 



& Mag. N. H. (7) iii. 1899, p. 243. 

 Clenopoma microlepidotum, Giintli. Cat. Fisb. iii. p. 5G5 (18tJl). 

 Spirol>m»chns hainsii, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) xviii. 1876, p. ti7. 

 Anabas bainm, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (1) xvi. 190."), j). .53. 



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

 times. Snout rounded, as long as or slightly longer than eye, which 

 is 4 to 5 J times in length of head and 1 to li times in interorbital 

 width ; maxillary extending to below centre of eye ; palatine teeth 

 present; pr;eoibital, prajopercnlum, suboperculum, and interoperculum 

 not denticulate ; operculum with a deep notch, between two spines or 

 groups of spines. 10 or 11 short gill-rakers on lower part nf anterior 



