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ANABANTIDJE. 



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 § length 

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



rugose and strongly ctenoid, 26-28 J^ ; lateral lines ^J. 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. 



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ivfffiillliL 



Anahas ocellatus, 

 Kondue. 



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

 distinctly edged with whitish. 



Total length 140 millim. 



Congo. — Types in Paris Museum. 



1-2. Ad. & hgr. 



3-7,8-10, 11-13. AJ. 



hgr., & yg. 

 11, 15-16. Ad. & yg. 

 17. Skel. 

 IS. Ad. 



Stanley Pool. 



Sankuru R. at Kondue, 



Kasai. 

 Monscmbe, Upp. Congo. 



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Stanley Falls. 



M. A. Greshoff (C.) ; 



Utrecht University (E.). 

 M. E. Luja (C); Luxemburg 



Museum (P.). 

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



■>■> 

 M. De Meuse (C). 



