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AXABAXTID.E. 



1J times as deep as long, the distance between dorsal and caudal 

 about £ length of head. Scales rugose and strongly ctenoid, 31- 

 35 =^§ ; lateral lines j^|. Olive or green above, with or without black 

 spots or with rather indistinct dark vertical bars, whitish beneath ; soft 

 dorsal spotted with blackish. 



Total length 140 millim. 



Bechuanaland, Zambesi Basin, Lakes Bangwelu and Mweru, Uelle.— 

 Types in Berlin Museum. 



1. One of. the types. 

 2-4. Ad. & hgr. 



5. Skel. 



6. Yg. 



7. 8-10. Ad. & bgr. 

 11. Ad. 



12-14. Ad.* 

 15. Skel. 



Quellimane, Mozambique. 

 Umsitu R. at Broken Hill, 

 N.W. Rhodesia. 



Kazungula, Upp. Zambesi. 

 L. Bangwelu. 

 Lukonzolwa, L. Mweru. 

 Okovango R., L. Ngami. 



Prof. W. Peters (P.) . 

 Rev. F. A. Rogers and 

 E. C. Chubb, Esq. (P.). 



Rev. L. Jalla (0.). 



F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). 



Dr. L. Shippers (C). 



R. B.Woosnam, Esq. (C.) 



Anabas multisjpinis. 

 Type, after Peters (Eeise Mossamb.). 



5. ANABAS PELLEGRINI. 

 Bonleng. Ann. Mns. Congo, Zool. ii. p. 51, pi. xv. fig. 1 (1902). 



Depth of body equal to or a little greater than length of head, 

 SJ to 3| times in total length. Snout rounded, a little shorter than 

 eye, which is 4 times in length of head and H times in interorbital 



* In one of the specimens ( $ ) large round yellow eggs, about 2 millim. in diameter, 

 are closely packed, 7 or 8 on each side, in a cavity behind the gills, entirely covered by the 

 operculum. 



