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Genus LV .-^Mormyms 



X HE fiflies of this genus are only two, and both flran- 

 gers to our fhores : Their generic chara£lers, an oval 

 body compreffed at the fides, and narrow towards the 

 tail : The fnout protuberant ; and the opening of the 

 mouth very fmall and rough, with a few fetaceous teeth 

 placed on the extremity of the jaws. The back has a 

 large fwell, and from it rifes one dorfal fin ; the peroral 

 fins are fmall, and fituated near the belly ; the anal fin is 

 behind the equilibrium, and that of the tail bifuc=- 

 sated f . 



* Le Mormyrc, Guan. Mormyrus, Lin, Syft, 

 f Guani Hift. pifc. gen. 50. 



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