804 MR. G. A. BOtTLEKGEK OK THE FISHES [NoV, 15, 



from head. Anal 28, equally distant from base of ventral and 

 from base of caudal. Pectoral obtusely pointed, | length of head, 

 twice length of ventral, reaching a little beyond base of latter. 

 Caudal with obtusely pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 3 times as 

 long as deep, a little shorter than bead. 65 scales in the lateral 

 line, 2^ in a transverse line on the body, jj in a transverse line 

 between dorsal and anal, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, 

 brownish on the back; a dai'k brown vertical bar on the body 

 below origin of dorsal. 



Total length 83 millini. 



E. Eovuma. A single young specimen collected by C. Living- 

 stone. 



5. Gnathonemus bentleti. 



Mormyrm bentleyi, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) ix. 

 1897, p. 426. 



Gnatkonenius bentlet/i, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. 1898, 

 p. 10. 



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

 Head I5 as long as deep, upper profile slightly concave above the 

 eye; snout \ length of head; mouth on a line \vith lower 

 border of eye, its width i length of head ; teeth moderately 

 large, notched, 7 in the upper ja^-, 10 in the lower; chin strongly 

 swollen ; eye moderate, i length of snout, |- interorbital width. 

 Dorsal 23, originating above 5th ray of anal, its length twice in 

 its distance from head. Anal 34, nearer base of caudal than base 

 of ventral. Pectoral pointed, almost as long as head, nearly twice 

 as long as ventral, extending beyond base of latter. Caudal 

 densely scaled, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 3 times as 

 long as deep, almost as long as head. 58 scales in the lateral line, 

 ^ in a transverse line on the body, ^^ in a transverse hue between 



dorsal and anal, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark oUve. 

 Total length 270 milUm. 

 Upper Congo. 



6. Gnathonemus jiaceolepidotus. 



Mormyrns macrolejndotus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1852, p. 275 ; 

 Giinth. Cat. vi. p. 219 (1866) ; Peters, Eeise n. Mossamb. iv. 

 p. 79, pi. XV. fig. 1 (1868). 



Mormyrops macrolepidotus, Marcusen, Mem. Ac. St. Petersb. (7) 

 vii. 1864, no. 4, p. 142. 



Gnathonemus macrolepidotus, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. 

 i. 1898, p. 10. 



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

 to 5. Head nearly as long as deep, with curved upper profile ; 

 snout 5 length of head; chin with a globular dermal appen- 

 dage ; teeth minute, conical, 3 or 5 in the upper jaw, 6 in the 

 lower; eye moderate, § to | length of snout, | interorbital 



