MAECUSENIUS. 



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])rojecting a little beyond mouth ; latter small, inferior, its width -^ 

 length of head ; teeth truncate or feebly notched, 5 in upper jaw, G in 

 lower; nostrils halfway between end of snout and eye ; eye moderate, f 

 length of snout, a little more than ^ interorbital width. Dorsal 22-24, 

 originating above 10th ray of anal, its length 2^ times in its distance 

 from head. Anal 30-31, 1^ limes as long as dorsal, nearer base of 



Yis- 47, 



'^V^^^V^^ 



]\larcuse)iius marcJiil. 

 Type, after Sauvage (N. Arch. Miis. 18ftO). |. 



ventral than base of caudal. Pectoral pointed, as long as head, twice as 

 long as ventral, extending beyond base of latter. Caudal with pointed 

 lobes. Caudal peduncle 4 to 5 times as long as deep, a little longer 



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than head. 62 scales in lateral line, f^. in transverse series on body, g 

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

 Olive-brown above, silvery beneath ; head speckled with brown. 



Total length 160 millim. 



Ogowe. — Type in Paris Museum. 

 1. Ad. Talagoiiga. Miss Kiiigsley (C.). 



4. MARCUSENIUS KINGSLEY^. 



Mormp'us kin<jsley(p, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. ((i) xvii. 189G, p. 281, pi. xv. 



%A. ^ 



Marcusenins kiupslci/rr, Boiilong. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1808, p. 794. 



Marcnsemns cahrce, Bonleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 130, pi. xlviii. fig. 1 



(1900), and Pois«. Bass. Congo, p. 7() (1901). 

 Marcvsenius hmcli>jistius, part., Pappenh. ^Mitth. Zool. Mus. Berl. iii. 1907, p. 348. 



Tepth of body 4 to 5 times in total length, length of head about same. 

 Head once and \ as long as deep ; snout convex, \ length of head, 

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