120 



MOKMlEIDiE. 



Upper profile of head descending in a strong curve ; snout much 

 prolonged, tubiform, strongly compressed, curved downwards, its length 

 twice postocular i)art of head, and 3 times its least depth, which is twice 

 diameter of eye; latter f interorbital width; lower jaw with a long, 

 compressed, attenuate dermal appendage, measuring nearly | length of 

 snout; teeth conical, 3 in upper jaw, 4 in lower. Dorsal 34, originating 

 above 4th ray of anal, its length once and ^ in its distance from head. 

 Anal 35, equally distant from base of ventral and from base of caudal. 



Fig. 99. 



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Gaailionemus minis. 

 Typo (A. M. C). 1. 



Pectoral pointed, about | length of head, extending to middle of ventral, 

 which is only ^- as long. Caudal scaled, with obtusely pointed lobes. 

 Caudal peduncle 3 times as long as deep, f length of head. 78 scales 



17 • ''O 



in lateral line, .^ in transverse series on body, ^^ in transverse series 

 between dorsal and anal, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above. 



Total length 320 millim. 



Upper Congo (Upoto). — Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



27. GNATHONEMUS ELEPHAS. 



Boidcno-. Ann. Miis. Congo, Zool. i. p. 12, pi. v. fig. 1 (1898), Proc. Zool. Soc. 



1898, p. 810, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 104 (1901). 

 Canipi/Jomormyrns elephas, Pappcnh. IMittli. Zool. Mus. P)or]. iii. 1907, p. 359, 



pi. xii. figs. 4-6. 



Depth of body 3 to 4 times in total length, length of head 4 to 5 times. 

 Upper profile of head descending in a very strong curve ; snout much 

 prolonged, tubiform, strongly compressed, directed downwards, its length 

 exceeding postocular part of head, 3 to 4 times its least depth, which is 

 once and ^ diameter of eye ; lower jaw with a short, wart-like, cylindrical 



