08 



ANABANTIDjE. 



^ length of hc:ul. Anal IX-X 10-12. Soft d(}rsal and anal coverrd 

 with scales and forming a nearly continuous outline with the short and 

 likewise scaled caudal ; no caudal peduncle whatever. Pectoral | length 

 of head. Ventral reaching origin of anal or a little beyond. Scales 

 rugose and strongly ctenoid, 26-28 |fj ^ ; lateral lines ^^^^. Brownish 

 with numerous irregular vertical darker bars or with round blackish 

 spots, which may be so large as to be separated by a mere network of 

 the lighter ground-colour; a black ocellar spot, edged with yellow, on 



rig. -<-'. 



.■*^^- 



AiKihas ocellatus. 

 Koiulue. 



the root of the caudal ; soft dorsal and anal and caudal more or less 

 distinctly edged with whitish. 



Total length 140 milliin. 



Congo. — Types in Paris Museum. 



1-2. A(l. & \\gr. 



3-7,8-10, 11-1 ;5. Aa., 



hgr., & yg. 

 14, 15-lG. All. & yg. 



17. Skel. 



18. Ad. 



Stanley Pool. M. A. Gre^hoff (('.) ; 



Utredit University (I'L). 

 Saukuru 1\. at. Ivoiiduc, M. E. Ltija (C); Luseinburj. 



Kasai. Museum (P.). 



Monsembc, Vyy. Congo. Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 



fcjlanlov Tails. 



M. Do Meuse {C). 



