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ANABANTID.E. 



J length of head. Anal IX-X 10-12, Soft dorsal and anal covered 

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

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

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

 rugose and strongly ctenoid, 26-28 ^i ; 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 



Fig. -42. 



Anahas ocellaius. 

 Kondue. 



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

 distinctly edged with whitish. 



Total length 140 millim. 



Congo. — Types in Paris Museum, 



1-2. Ad. & Imr. 



Stanley Pool. 



M. A. Greshoff ((!.); 



Utrecht University (E.). 

 3-7, 8-10, 11-13. Ad., Sankuru R. at Kondue, M, E. Luja (C); Luxemburg 

 hgi'v&JK- Kasai. Museum (P.). 



14, 15-lC. Ad. & yg, Monsonibc, Upp. Congo. Rev. J. H. Weeks (P ) 

 17. Skel. 

 1(>. Ad. Stanley Falls. :M. De Meu^e (C). 



