MARCUSENIUS. 



83 



than head 



12-13 



55-65 scales in lateral line, !^.l' in transverse series on 



1^21 



1TP22 



body, jj^ in transverse series between dorsal and anal, 12 round caudal 

 peduncle. Brown above, silvery white below, more or less speckled 

 with darker ; an ill-defined dark bar, extending obliquely from origin of 

 dorsal to that of anal, sometimes present ; dorsal fin, and sometimes 

 also anal, brownish in front. 



Total length 220 millim. 

 White Nile and Blue Nile. 

 Khartum. 



1-3. Types 



4. Skei. 



5. Ad. 

 6-9. AJ. 



Fashoda, White Nile. 

 Wad Medine, Bhie Nile. 



J. Petherick, Esq. (C). 

 L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



22. MARCUSENIUS BUDGETTI. 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901, i. p. 197, pi. vii. fig. 1. 



Depth of body 3 times in total length, length of head 5 times. Head 

 a little deeper than long ; snout rounded, | length of head ; mouth 

 small, inferior, its width ^ length of head ; teeth notched, 5 in upper 

 jaw, 6 in lower; anterior nostril on a line with lower border of pupil, 

 posterior on a line with lower border of eye ; eye nearly twice as long 



Marcusenius hud(/ef(L 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1004). |. 



as snout, f interorbital width. Dorsal circa 32, nearly as long as its 

 distance from head. Anal 25, originating below Uth ray of dorsal, 

 nearer base of caudal than base of ventrals. Pectoral pointed, a little 

 shorter than head, once and ^ length of ventral, extending beyond 

 vertical of base of latter. Caudal with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 



. 17 • 



3 times as long as deep, as long as head. 07 scales in lateral line, j^ in 



g2 



