50 



ANABANTID.E. 



pxtondiiig to below centre of eye ; palatine teeth present ; pr;eorbital 

 entire or feebly denticulate behind ; angle of praeoperculum feebly 

 serrated in adult ; strong spines on interoperculum, suboperculum, and 

 operculum; latter with a deep notcli, and another between it and the 

 suboperculum. G or 7 very short gill-rakers on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Dorsal XIX-XX 9-10; spines subcqunl from the fourth or fiftli, 



Yin. 32. 



Uiii 





AiHtbas nigropannogus. 



Tvpe of f'ti-nopomn (/ahoiu-nae. 



about ^j hMigth of head ; longest soft rays ;' to f length of head. 

 Anal IX-XI 9-10, spines and soft rays a little shorter than in dorsal. 

 Pectoral | to f length of head. Ventral not reaching anal. Caudal 

 rounded. Caudal peduncle twice as deep as long, the distance between 

 dorsal and caudal at least as great as diameter of eye. Scales rugose 

 and strongly ctenoid, 30-33 ,j ; lateral lines jiji^y. Olive-brown above, 

 whitish beneath ; membrane in opercular notch black. 



'J'otal length 170 millim. 



(iaboon and Congo. — Types in Berlin ^sluseum. 



GuIm 



TjUiiiljaroiic. ( )gii\v('. 

 Kaiku X'Zol.e, Cliilo- 



ango. 

 < 'liiloaiigo Town. 

 Liiuli ]{. (Cliiloan^o) 



at biiiiilo. 



K. B. N. Walker. Esq. (?.). 



Dr. W. J. AiLsorge (C). 

 .Alajor C'abni {C). 



Viv. W. J. Ansorge ((".). 



