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and I have not succeeded in finding a specimen with three spots as in the M. guile 

 figured by that pioneer in Egyptian ichthyology ; this M. guile is also described as 

 differing from A. nurse in having the caudal and the anal yellow instead of red or 

 orange. 



This species has a very extensive range, being recorded from the Nile, Lake 

 Victoria, Lake Rudolf, the Lake Chad Basin, and West Africa from the Senegal to 

 Cameroon. I have examined specimens from the following localities : — 



2 Upper Nile.— Petherick, 1862. 



2 Girgeh.— Loat, 14.12.99. 



85 At regulators near Luxor. — Loat, 8.10-31 12.00. 



126 Nile between Luxor and Assuan. — Loat, 9-10.00. 



56 Nile at Assuan.— Loat, 31.12.99-9.1.00, 4-30.9.00. 



1 Between Assuan and Shellal, a short distance above the cataract. — Loat, 29.12.99. 



10 Derr, Nubia.— Loat, 31.1.00-2.2.00. 



8 Anebi, Nubia.— Loat, 6.2.00. 



13 Wady Haifa.— Loat, 22-24.2.00. 



1 Omdurman. — Loat, 21.5.01. 



6 Khartum.— Petherick, 1862. 



3 Khartum. — Petherick, 1862. (Types of A. ruppellii.) 



2 Wad Medine, Blue Nile.— Loat, 6.10.01. 



3 Rosaires, Blue Nile.— Loat, 29.10.01. 



2 Rosaires, Blue Nile. — Capt. Flower, 6.05. 



2 Between Khartum and Sobat P. — Zaphiro, 4.04. 



1 Jebelain, White Nile.— Loat, 10.1.01. 



1 Gharb-el-Aish, White Nile.— Loat, 5.4.01. 



7 Polkom, Baro P. (Sobat).— Zaphiro, 1-2.04. 



2 Mouth of Lake No.— Loat, 31.1.01, 8.2.01. 

 5 Gondokoro.— Loat, 21.1-3.3.02. 



1 Lake Victoria. — Doggett, 1903. 



10 Entebbe, L. Victoria. — Degen, 5-6.05. 



3 Bunjako, L. Victoria. — Degen, 5-14.11.05. 

 1 Yo P., Lake Chad.— Capt. Gosling, 1904. 

 5 St. Louis, Senegal. — Delhez, 1899. 



4 Kaedi, Senegal.— Delhez, 1899. 

 1 Matam, Senegal.— Delhez, 1899. 



5 Gambia.— Budgett, 1899. 



1 Nyankoma, Gold Coast,— R, B. N. Walker, 1901. 



1 Mureji, Upper Niger.— Budgett, 1903. 



1 Jebba, Upper Niger.— Capt. G. F. Abadie, 1899. 



1 Jebba, Upper Niger.— Dr. C. Christy, 1899. 



4 Agberi, Lower Niger. — Dr. Ansorge, 1902. 



1 Niger. (Type of A. leuciscus.) 



1 P. Benue, north of lbi. — Norton Smith, 1906. 



