G2 



ANABANTID.*:. 



with a deep notch between them. G or 7 very short gill-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVII-XIX 8-10 ; spines increasing in 

 length to the last, which measures f to ^ length of head ; longest soft 

 rays \ to § length of head. Anal X 10-11, similar to dorsal. Pectoral 

 about § length of head. Ventral extending to origin of anal. Caudal 

 rounded. A mere indication of a caudal peduncle. Scales rugose and 

 strongly ctenoid, 28-30 g^ ; lateral lines j^. Olive or dark green 

 above, whitish beneath ; a large black spot in front of the base of 

 the caudal. 



Total length 160 millim. 



White Nile, Bahr el Gebel, Lake Chad. 



1-3. Ad. 



4-15. Ad. & hgr. 



16. Skel. 



17. Type. 



IS. Ad. 



Gharb-el-Aisb, White Nile. 

 Fashoda, „ 



Gondokoro, Bahr-el-Gebel. 

 Shari R. 



L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



J. Petherick, Esq. (C). 

 Capt. G. B. Gosling (P.). 



Fig. 38. 



Anabas Icingsletjce. 

 Type, after Giinther (Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1896). f . 



12. ANABAS KINGSLEYtE. 



Ctenopoma pe/herici, part., Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xx. 1867, p. 110, and 



(6) xvii. 1896, p. 270. 

 Ctenopoma petherici (non Giinth.), Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lxi. i. 1870. p. 974, 



and Notes Leyd. Mils. xvi. 1894. p. 37. 



