MAECUSEXIUS. 



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7. MARCUSENTUS LONGIANALIS. 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1001, i. p. 5, pi. iii. fig. 1. 



Depth of body 5 to 5| times in total length, length of head 5| to 6| 

 times. Head (mce and J as long as deep ; snout convex, J length of 

 head, slightly projecting beyond mouth ; latter small, its width ^ length 

 of head; teeth feebly notched, 5 in upper jaw, 6 in lower; nostrils 

 nearly equally distant from end of snout and from eye, anterior on a 

 level with centre of latter, posterior with its lower border; eye about 

 I length of snout, f or J interorbital width. Dorsal 14-16, originating 

 above IGth or 1 7th ray of anal, its length about ^ its distance from head. 



Fiji. 51. 



Marcusenius Jowjuinalis. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1901). |. 



Anal 31-33, 2 to 2| times as long as dorsal, nearer base of caudal than 

 base of ventral. Pectoral obtusely pointed, a little shorter than head, 

 once and f length of ventral, reaching base of latter. Caudal with 

 pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 3 to 3 J times as long as deep, nearly 



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as long as head. 60-GG scales in lateral line, Yttu i^^ transverse series 



6-7 



on body, ^jj between dorsal and anal, 12 round caudal peduncle. 

 Purplish brown, more or less profusely speckled with blackish ; fins 

 dark brown. 



Total length 145 millim. 

 Lower Nijjer. 



1-2. Types. 



3. Hgr. 



4. Ad. 



Sapelle. 

 J? 



Agberi. 



Dr. W. J, Ansorge (0.). 

 Mr. J. D. Hamlyn (C.) ; 

 Hon. W. llothschild (P.). 

 Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



