AXABAS. 



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more or less distinct dark streaks radiating from the eye towards the 

 gill-cover ; membrane in the opercular notch black. 



Total length 140 millim. 



South-western parts of Cape Colony. — Types in Paris Museum. 



1-3. Ad. 



4. Ad. 



5-7. Hgr. & yg. 



8-9. Hgr. & yg. 

 10. Ad. 

 11-20. Ad. 



21. Skel. 



22. Ad. 



23-24. Ad. & hgr. 

 25. Ad., stffd. 



Vygo Kraal, near Cape Town. 

 Cape Flats. 

 Near Cape Town. 

 Eerste Pi., Stellenbosch. 

 Princess Vlei, Cape Division. 

 Paarl R., Cape Division. 



Woodville, near Georgetown. 

 Berg Pi,, Wellington. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



Lord Derby (P.). 

 S. African Museum (P.). 

 II. M.S. 'Challenger." 

 S. African Museum (P.). 



G. E. Dobson, Esq. (P.). 



Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.). 

 Col. Sloggett (P.). 

 Sir A. Smith (P.). 



Fij?. 28. 



1111 wn 



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Anabas vicinvs. 

 Type. 



2. ANABAS VICINUS, sp. n. 

 Depth of body 2-| to 3 times in total length, length of head 2f to 3 

 times. Snout rounded, as long as or a little shorter than eye, which is 

 4 to 5 times in length of head and 1 to 1\ times in interorbital width ; 

 maxillary extending to below anterior third or centre of eye ; palatine 

 teeth present ; none of the bones of the head serrated ; operculum with 

 a notch, between two more or less obtuse spines. 9 to 11 short gill- 

 rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIII-XV 8-9 ; spines 

 increasing in length to the eighth or ninth, which measures about ^ 

 length of head; longest soft rays f to J length of head. Anal VIII- 

 IX 8-9, similar to dorsal. Pectoral f to f length of head. Ventral 

 not reaching anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle If to 2 times 



