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ANAl'.ANTID.i:. 



a filament. Anal X-XI 7, similar to dorsal. Pectoral ^- length of 

 head. Ventral produced into a filament, reaching beyond origin of anal. 

 Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle extremely short, shorter than eye. 

 Scales rugose, strongly ctenoid, 28-30 ^ ; lateral lines ^. Brownish, 

 with G or 7 regular dark brown or blackish vertical bars, narrower than 

 the interspaces ; fins greyish brown, dorsal and anal with black bars, 

 the continuation of those on the body, and with the rays terminating in 

 white filaments ; the bars indistinct in some specimens. 

 Total length G3 miHim. 



Chiloango. 



J-S. Typi 



huali H. at liUiii 



Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



Fi". :iO. 



Aiiabas fasciolaius. 

 Type. 



10. ANABAS FASCIOLAIUS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. &, Mao. N. H. (7) iii. 1899, p. 242, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 375 

 (1901) ; ArnoUl, Wochenschr. Aq.-Terr. 1913, pp. t')81, 723, figs. 

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

 3^ times. Snout rounded, a little shorter than eye, which is 4 times in 

 lensth of head and a little exceeds interorbital width ; maxillary hardly 

 extending to below anterior border of eye ; no palatine teeth ; pr.ne- 

 orbital, prtroperculum, and interoperculum entire ; suboperculum entire 

 or indistinctly denticulate ; 3 or 4 small spines above and 1 or 2 below 

 oi)ercular notch. 8 or 9 very short gill-rakers on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Dorsal XVI 8-9 ; last spine longest, ^ length of head ; median 

 soft ray ))n)iluced into :i filament. Anal X Oil, similar to dorsal. 



