Tin 1 Fre#1iirt<'r FlsJies of South Africa. 551 



i length of head ; teeth conical, 5 in upper jaw, 6 in lower ; a feeble 

 mental swelling ; eye moderate, a little shorter than snout, -| inter- 

 orbital width. Dorsal 24-26, originating above 6th to 8th ray of 

 anal, its length 2.\- to 2-| times in its distance from head. Anal 29-33, 

 nearer base of caudal than base of ventral. Pectoral pointed, a little 

 shorter than head, twice as long as ventral, extending a little beyond 

 base of latter. Caudal scaled in its basal two-thirds, with pointed 

 lobes. Caudal peduncle 2^ times as long as deep, length of head. 

 56-60 scales in lateral line, i"d| j n transverse series 011 body, ~|jj in 



transverse series between dorsal and anal, 12 round caudal peduncle. 

 Brown above, silvery white beneath ; a few irregular dark brown 

 blotches may be present on the body ; firis dark brown. 



Total length 135 mm. 



Angola. Recorded from Upper Zambesi by Pellegriu." 



Page 332. After Mormyrus anchietae, Griiim., insert: 



*MORMYRUS ELLENBERGERI, Pellegr. 



Pellegr., Bull. Zool. Soc. France, xxxix, 1914, p. 24 ; Bouleng., Freshw. 

 Fish. Africa, iv, p. 167 (1916). 



" Depth of body 4^ to 4^ times in total length, length of head 4 

 times. Head H times as long as deep, with curved upper profile; 

 snout scarcely bent downwards, its length little more than ^ postocular 

 part of head ; chin slightly swollen. Teeth notched, 7 or 8 in upper 

 jaw, 11 in lower; eye moderate, its diameter 2^ times in length of 

 snout, twice in interorbital width. Dorsal 62-68, originating well in 

 advance of ventral, 4} to 4| times as long as deep. Anal 18-19. 

 originating nearer base of caudal than base of pectoral. Pectoral 

 rounded, a little more than ^ length of head, 3 times length of ventral. 

 Caudal scaled at the base, with obtusely pointed lobes. Caudal 

 peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. 90-92 scales in lateral line, ^ 

 in transverse series on body, -}f in transverse series between dorsal and 

 anal, 18 round caudal peduncle. 



Brownish with silvery sheen ; fins dark. 



Total length 153 inillim. 



Upper Zambesi types in Paris Museum. 



Distinguished from M. anchietae by the less bent snout, more scales 

 in the lateral line, and fewer round the caudal peduncle." 



