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ELECTRIC GYMNOTUS. 



Gymnotus ekctricus. 



PLATE XVIII. 

 L. Geral, Porraki. Schomh. Drawhigs, No. 58. 



" Taken in the Rio Negro in February ; body long 

 and slimy ; lips fleshy, roof of the mouth warty ; 

 tongue round, fleshy," — is all the note attached to 

 the above number. The drawing is coloured of a 

 deep bluish green above, shaded to a dull ochraceous 

 colour on the snout, lips and anterior third of the 

 lower parts becoming paler in the middle half of the 

 body ; the anal fin is of a deeper shade than the 

 upper part of the body, but at its origin patches 

 of the ochraceous or yellow colour of the head ap- 

 pear on it; the lower lip protrudes considerably 

 beyond the upper. 



We are not aware of a good coloured figure of 

 this species. 



