AXAHAS. 53 



aicli. Dorsal XV-XVII 9-lU; spines increasing in lengtli to the iiiulh 

 or tentli, wliicli measures about ^ length of iiead ; longest soft rays f 

 to ^ length ofliead. Anal VIl-VIII 9-10, similar to dorsal. Pectoral 

 -| to I length of head. Ventral not reaching anal. Caudal rounded, 

 some of the rays sometimes somewhat produced. Caudal peduncle 

 1^ to 1^ times as deep as long, the distance between dorsal and caudal 

 about ^ length of head. Scales rugose, partly cycloid, partly ctenoid, 

 33-35 ,y ],; ; lateral lines i^-j?,- Olive-brown or dark green above, 

 yellowish beneath ; a more or less distinct dark oblique streak from 

 below the eye to tlie angle of the pneoperculuni. 



Total length 180 millim. 



Eastern parts of Ca])e Colony. — Type lost. 



1. Type of. Clenojioiita Cape of Good Hope. Army ilcilicMl ("ollcoe (P.). 



iinrrolepldntiim. 

 2-C). All. & lij;r. l?iitV:ilo ]{.. rort Kliza- Major H. Tivvohan (I'.). 



\x-th. 

 7. Skel. 



4. ANABAS MULTI8PINIS. 



CU'iicjiiuiht miiltifpiiii.'i, Pctor-:, Men. Berl. Ac. 18J1, p. 34, Muller's Arcli. I'. 



Anat. u. I'hys. 184('), [i. 1S|, pi. x. Kj>s. 1(1-1.'), and Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 1(1, 



I.l. ii. fi^'. 15 (ISr.SY 

 ? Andlni.i sraiiileiix (lion DaldorliF), Biaiu'oiii, Spec. Zool. Mosamh. p. 270 (l^i.'iS). 

 Spirohranchi(S gniitlili, Hiaiic. op. cif. p. 27'.*, pi. x. (]8.i9). 

 Ctenopoma mullispine, (iiiiitli. ('at. Fish. iii. p. ;i73 (1861). 

 Ana[ii(f iiiiilfis/'hiix, 15i)uleng. Ann. & Jfag. N. II. (7) x\i. I'.tO,"), pp. ,5;' A', (>lt), 



and Tr. Zool. Soc. xviii. 1011, p. 40S. 



I)e[)th of body oh to 4 times in total length, length of head 3^ to 

 3| times. Snout rounded, as long as or a little shorter than eye, which 

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

 maxillary extending to below centre or posterior third of eye ; palatine 

 teeth present ; praeorbital and praeoperculum entire ; interoperculum 

 also entire, or posterior part serrated ; suboperculum and operculum 

 more or less strongly serrated or spinose ; operculum more or less 

 strongly notched. 6 or 7 short gill-rakers on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Dorsal XVIl-XVIII 8-9; spines equal from the fourth or fifth, 

 about I length of head ; longest soft rays -^ to f length of head. Anal 

 VIII-X 8-9, similar to dorsal. Pectoral | to f length of head. 

 Ventral not reaching anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal [irdunrle about 



