G2 



ANABANTID-E. 



with a deep notch between tliem. or 7 very short gill-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVll-XIX 8-10; spines increasing in 

 length to the last, which measures | to i length of head ; longest soft 

 rays i to | length of head. xVnal X 10-11. similar to dorsal. Pectoral 

 about I length of head. Ventral extending to origin of anal. Caudal 

 rounded. A mere indication of a caudal peduncle. Scales rugose and 



i-i-i? 



strongly ctenoid, 28-30 q-^q; lateral lines ^Ij^- Olive or dark green 



above, whitish beneath ; a large black spot in front of the base of 

 the caudal. 



Total length IGO niillim. 



AVhite ^'ile, Bahr el Gebel, T.akc Chad. 



()liarb-el-Aisli, AVliitc Nile. 

 F;islio(l;i, „ 



1-3. Ad. 



■1-15. Ad. & liov. 

 Hi. Skel. 

 17. Type. 



IS. Ad. 



GondokciiOj J-i;ihr-cl-(>pl)p 

 t^liari U. 



L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



J. Pethfii.dx. Ksq. ((■.). 

 (':ipt. ti. B. Go>liiig(I'.). 



Fig. :?S. 



Anabas kingsleifiT. 

 Type, nftei- Gunther (Ann. & I\lag. X. H. 1896). |. 



12. ANABAS KINGSLEY^E. 



Ctenopoma pelheriri. pint., Giintli. Ann. & M:ig. X. H. (3) xx. \S6~, p. 110, and 



(fi) xvii. 189C, p. 270. 

 Cleiiopoma petherici (non Giintli.), Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien. Ixi. i. 1^70. p. '.'Tl, 



and Note.'- Leyd. 3Ius. xvi. 1891: p. :'>7. 



