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MORMYRID^. 



covered with scales, with long pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 3 to 

 3i times as long as deep, as long as head or a little shorter. 70-85 

 scales in lateral line, ^^g "^ transverse series on body, y^g in transverse 

 series between dorsal and anal, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown, or 

 brown above and silvery below. 



rig. 87. 



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15. GNATUONEMUS SENEGALENSIS. 



Mormyrus senegalensis, Steind. Sitz. Ak. "NVion, Ixi. i. 1870, p. 551, })1. iv. fig. 1. 

 Gnathonemus senegaleiisis, Bonleng. Proc. Zoo). Soc. 1898, p. 80() ; Pappcnh. 

 Mitih. Zool. Mns. Berl. iii. 1907, p. 355. 



Depth of body 3 to 3 J times in total length, length of head 4 J to 

 5 times. Head as long as deep, with curved upper profile ; snout 

 \ length of head, or a little less ; teeth conical, 3 or o in upper jaw, 

 4 or G in loAver ; chin with a globular swelling or appendage ; eye 

 moderate, f to f length of snout, about J interorbital width. Dorsal 

 25-28, originating above 5th to 8tli ray of anal, its length J its distance 

 from head, or a little less. Anal 30-36, nearer base of caudal than base 

 of ventral. Pectoral pointed, a little shorter than head, twice as long as 

 ventral, not extending beyond base of latter. Caudal scaled in its basal 



