. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. FIG. 101.—Ploloxus anguillaris. &. Colour (of preserved specimens), dark brown above, lighter below ; 3 more or less distinct pale bluish longitudinal streaks on body; fins light-coloured; outer edge of dorsal and of posterior half of anal dark. Four specimens, ranging from 151-164 mm. in length respectively, from Natal (Eomer Robinson). It is also reported from the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific, as far North as Japan. 4. EUTROPIUS. Mull, and Frosch., Hor. Ichthyol., iii., p. 6 (1849); Giinth.,
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. FIG. 101.—Ploloxus anguillaris. &. Colour (of preserved specimens), dark brown above, lighter below ; 3 more or less distinct pale bluish longitudinal streaks on body; fins light-coloured; outer edge of dorsal and of posterior half of anal dark. Four specimens, ranging from 151-164 mm. in length respectively, from Natal (Eomer Robinson). It is also reported from the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific, as far North as Japan. 4. EUTROPIUS. Mull, and Frosch., Hor. Ichthyol., iii., p. 6 (1849); Giinth., Cat. Fish., v.,p. 52 (1864); Bouleng., Poiss. Bass. Congo, (1901), Fish. Nile p. 306 (1907), Cat. Fresh. Fish. Afr., ii., p. 279 (1911). Dorsal fin short, adipose dorsal very small, anal much elongate; 4 pairs of barbels—one nasal, one maxillary, two mentals or mandi- bulars. Nostrils widely separated. Eye large, with a free border. Jaws with a band of villiform teeth ; a band of villiform vomero- palatine teeth. Gill-membranes free, deeply notched. EUTROPIUS DEPBESSIROSTKIS, Peters. Bagrus depressirostris, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac., 1852, p. 682. Eutropius depressirostris, Peters, Arch. f. Nat., 1855, p. 267; Giinth., Cat. Fish., v., p. 54 (1864): Bouleng., Cat. Fresh. Fish. Afr., ii., p. 291, fig. 237 (1911). 32. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ]
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