6G ANABANTIDtE. 



be absent in the young) ; prseorbital entire ; angle of prasoperculum 

 sometimes slightly serrated ; interoperculum and subopercnlum entire 

 or feebly serrated ; operculum with two groups of strong sense, 

 with a deep notch between them. 7 to 9 very short gill-rakers on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XVI 9-11 ; spines subequal 

 from the sixth or seventh, about f length of head ; longest soft rays | 

 to f length of head. Anal VII-IX 9-11, similar to dorsal. Pectoral 

 f to f length of head. Ventral not reaching beyond origin of anal. 

 Caudal rounded. A mere indication of a caudal peduncle. Scales 

 rugose and strongly ctenoid, 26-29^; lateral lines ^^. Brown or 



olive in the adult, with a large round blackish spot on the middle of 

 the side, above the extremity of the pectoral fin ; young variegated 

 with brown and yellow in addition to the black lateral blotch, and with 

 two oblique dark brown streaks behind the eye, the upper ascending 

 to the upper border of the operculum, the lower descending to the angle 

 of the prseoperculum ; ventrals black in the young. 



Total length 200 millim. 



South Cameroon to Congo. — Types in Paris Museum. 

 1-7. Types of A. pleuro- Kribi R., S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 



26. Yg. 



15. ANABAS OXYRHYNCEIUS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mns. Congo, Zool. ii. p. 52, pi. xv. fig. 2 (1902). 



Depth of body 2f times in total length, length of head 3 times. 

 Snout very pointed, as long as eye, which is 4 times in length of head 

 and 1| in interorbital width ; maxillary extending to below anterior 

 third of eye ; no palatine teeth ; prseorbital serrated behind ; inter- 

 operculum and suboperculum strongly denticulate : 4 or 5 spines above 

 and 1 or 2 below opercular notch. Dorsal XV 10 ; spines equal from 

 the fourth, nearly ^ length of head ; soft portion thickly scaled, longest 

 rays | length of head. Anal VllI 10, similar to dorsal. Pectoral 

 f length of head. Ventral not reaching anal. Caudal short, rounded, 



