64 ANABA^^T1D^. 



13. ANABAS MURIEL 

 Ctenopoma petherici, part., Griinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xiii. 1864, p. 211, and 



Petherick's Trav. ii. p. 208 (1869). 

 Anabas petherici, Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool, France, xvii. 1905, p. 185. 

 Anahas nmriei, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xviii. 1906, p. 348, and Fish. 



Nile, p. 444, pi. IxxxiiL fig. 2 (1907). 



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

 Snout rounded, a little shorter than eye, which is 'ij^ to 4^ times in 

 length of head and 1 to I5 times in interorbital width ; maxillary 

 extending to beloAv anterior fourth or third of eye ; palatine teeth 

 present; prseorbital and prfeoperculum entire; interoperculum often 



Fig. 39. 



m 







Anabas muriei. 

 Type (F. N.)., 



entire; suboperculum finely serrated; operculum with two groups of 

 strong sense, with a deep notch between them. 5 or 6 very short gill- 

 rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XTV-XVI 8-10 ; spines 

 subequal from the fifth or sixth, about f length of head ; longest soft 

 rays about | length of head. Anal IX-XI 8-10, similar to dorsal. 

 Pectoral f to | length of head. Ventral reaching origin of anal or a 

 little beyond. Caudal rounded. A mere indication of a caudal 

 peduncle. Scales rugose and strongly ctenoid, 27-28 fr^n; lateral 



13-16 



lines joTia- Olive, with numerous small black spots ; a blackish ocellar 

 spot edged with yellowish at the root of, and partly upon, the caudcd 

 fin. 



Total length 80 millim. 



"White Nile, Bahr-el-Gebel, Lake Victoria. 



1-2. Types. Kaka, White Nile. L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



3-22. „ Ghiirb-el-Aisb, White Nile. 



23. ^kel. 



