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CYPRINOID MORMYRUS. 



Mormyrus Cyprinoides. M. rostro obtuso, maxilla superiors 



. longiure, pinna dorsali radiis I'iginti-scptem, cauda furcata. 

 Mormyrus with obtuse snout, upper jaw longer than the lower, 



twenty-seven rays in the dorsal fin, and forked tail. 

 Mormyrus cyprinoides. M. cauda bifida acuta. Lin. Gmel. 



Mas. Ad. Frid. 



HABIT somewhat resembling that of the genus 

 Cyprinus: dorsal fin opposite the anal, and of equal 

 length. Native of the Nile. 



BANE' MORMYRUS. 



Mormyrus Bane. M. rostro obtuso, maxilla superiore multo 



longiore, pinna dorsali analique ccqualibus. 

 Mormyrus. with obtuse snout, upper jaw much longer than the 



lower, and dorsal fin of equal length with the anal. 

 Mormyre Bane. Ccpede. p. 620. 



NATIVE of the Nile : called by the Arabs Bane. 



IIASSELQUIST'S MORMYRUS. 



Mormyrus Hasselquistii. M. pinna dorsali radiis viginti, anal) 



radiis duodecim, cauda furcata. 

 Mormyrus with twenty rays in the dorsal fin., twelve in the 



anal, and forked tail. 

 Mormyre Hasselquist. Ccpede. p. 620. 



NATIVE of the Nile : observed by Hasselquist. 



END OF PART I. 



