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MORMYKID.E. 



9. MORMYROPS ZANCLIROSTRTS. 

 Mormi/rus zandirostris, Gilnth. Ann. & Mag. X. H. (3) xx. 18G7, p. lU, pi. ii. 



fig. B. 

 Monnyrops zanclirostrls, Bouleng. Ann. Mas. Congo, Zool. i. p. 3 (1808), and 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 18*18, p. 783. 

 Depth of body 6 to 7 times in total length, length of head 3J- to 

 4 times. Head 2J to 2f times as long as deep ; snout much produced, 

 tubifoim, nearly as long as postorbital part of head; mouth terminal, 

 very small; teeth truncate, 14 in each jaw; eye very small situated 

 in anterior half of head, its diameter J to f interocular width. 

 Dorsal 19-21, ^ length of anal, originating 3 to o^ times as far from 



Fijr. 20. 







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^^M^- 





Mnrmyrops Z(t uclirontri'i. 

 Type, after Giinlher (Ann. & Mag. N. II. 1S67). i. 



head as from base of caudal. Anal 34-30, originating considerably 

 in advance of dorsal (its 12th to 14th ray corresponding to the first 

 dorsal ray), and at nearly equal distance from head and base of 

 caudal. Pectoral |- length of head. Caudal small, densely scaled in 

 its basal half, with rounded k^bes. Caudal peduncle twice as long as 

 deep, J length of head. 70-74 scales in lateral line, j^^^j^. in transverse 

 series on body, 14-15 in transverse series between dorsal and anal, 

 10 or 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark brown. 



Total length 270 millira. 



Gaboon. 



1 Ad., type. 



2. Ad. 



3. Ad., skfl. 

 4-5. Hgr. 



Gaboon. 

 Talagouga, Ogowe. 



Masonia R., Ogowe. 



Miss Kingsley ((■.). 

 Dr. ^\'. J. Ansorge (C). 



10. MORMYROPS BOULENGERI. 

 Pellegr. Bull. Mns. Paris, 1900, p. 310 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 63 (1001). 

 Depth of body 9 times in total length, length of head 3J times. 

 Head 3 to 3-1 times as long as deep ; snout produced into a long, slender, 



