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last with about 14 antrorse serrae. Caudal large; lobes rather wide^ 

 deeply forked. Color in alcohol dull brown above; under surfaces all 

 pale to whitish. Fins brownish. Iris slatv. One example 130 mm. 

 long. C. 



MALAPTERURUS ELECTRICUS (Gmelin). 



Two examples from Mount Coffee. C. 



MORMYEOPS DELICIOSUS (Leach). Dog-fish." 



Head, 34-; depth, 5f ; D. ii, 24, i; A. ii, 42; scales 80 in laterallineto 

 caudal base and 3 more on latter; 10 scales above lateral line to dorsal 

 origin, 11 below to anal origin; 83 predorsal scale;; snout 4| in head; 

 mouth width 6; interorbital, of. Elongate, well compressed, 

 deepest at anal origin. Caudal peduncle small, well compressed, 

 least depth If its length, or about 6^ in head. Head conic, com- 

 pre.ssed; width 3 in its length. Snout convex, long as wide. Eye 

 center near first fourth in head, 2 in snout. Mouth with short gape, 

 broad, small, lower jaw much shorter. Teeth incisors, uniserial, ends 

 very slightly notched medially. Interorbital convex. Scales largest 

 in hind half of body, 14 around caudal peduncle. Scales with rather 

 large reticulate striae, complete, about 16 basal and as many apical; 

 also complete curculi fine. Caudal scaly over two-thirds its basal 

 portion. Dorsal inserted slightly nearer caudal base than pectoral 

 tip or about over first third of anal base, first branched ray about 2f 

 in head . Anal inserted much nearer lower front edge of gill-opening 

 than caudal base, first branched ray about 2f in head. Caudal small, 

 well forked; lobes rather rounded, 2} in head; pectoral, 2; ventral, 3. 

 Color in alcohol largely uniform deep chocolate-brown, each row of 

 scales marked by median darker streak. Fins all dusky. Iris dull 

 slaty. Length, 152 mm. C. 



MORMYRUS GOHEEM, new species. 



Head,3§; depth, 4^; D. ii, 58; A. in, 21; P. i, 14; V. i, 5; scales, 

 80 m lateral line to caudal base, and 5 more on latter; 13 scales 

 above lateral line to dorsal origm and 12 below to anal origm; 31 

 predorsal scales; head width, 2§ in its length; second branched 

 dorsal ray, 2^; fourth branched anal ray, 2§; caudal, H; pectoral, 

 1§; ventral, 2h; snout, 2^^ in head measured from upper jaw tip; 

 eye, 8J; interorbital, 6f; least depth of caudal peduncle, 6 J. 



Body elongately ovoid, with back slightly elevated; predorsal 

 slightly trenchant and greatest depth at dorsal origin. Caudal 

 peduncle slender, well compressed; least depth, 2f its length. 



Head long and pom ted, compressed. Muzzle tubular; least depth, 

 3J in snout, length measured from its own tip. Eye ellipsoid, 

 rather high, its front edge about midway in head length, without 

 lids or skin of head extendhig over. Lips spongy, large, and lower 



