42 MOEMTRID.E. 



teeth truncate, 22 or 24 in each jaw ; eye small, in anterior third 

 of head, its diameter 3 to 3^ times in length of snout, 2^ to 3 times in 

 interocular width. Dorsal 24-25, half as long as anal and above its 

 middle, 2J times as distant from end of snout as from root of caudal. 

 Anal 40-43, its origin at equal distance from head and from root 

 of caudal. Pectoral rounded, 5 length of head. Caudal small, greater 

 part covered with scales, with rounded lobes. Caudal peduncle a little 

 longer than deep, ^ to f length of head. 63-07 scales in lateral line, 



13-U . 



■yjZ\c) in transverse series on body, 21-23 in transverse series between 

 dorsal and anal, 16 round caudal peduncle. Purplish brown, lighter 

 beneath, with darker blotches or marblings, or with small dark spots 

 forming longitudinal lines. 



1 otal length 400 millim. 



Lower Congo. — Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 

 1. One of the types. Boina. M. P. Delhez (C). 



12. MORMYROPS LINEOLATUS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 5, pi. ii. fig. 2 (1898), Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, 

 p. 785, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 65 (1901). 



Depth of body 5 to 6 times in total length, length of head 3f to 

 5 times. Head If to If times as long as deep, upper profile slightly 

 concave ; snout rounded ; jaws equal ; width of mouth nearly equal to 

 length of snout; teeth truncate, 16 to 22 in each jaw; eye small, 



Fig. 29. 



O^ 





Mormyvops lineolatus. 

 Type (A. M. C). i. 



in anterior third of head, its diameter 2 to 3 times in length of 

 snout or in interocular width. Dorsal 29-32, | to f length of" anal 

 originating If to 2^ times as far from end of snout as from base of 

 caudal. Anal 46-50, originating considerably in advance of dorsal (11th 

 to loth ray corresponding to first dorsal), and a little nearer head than 

 root of caudal. Pectoral rounded, ^ length of head. Caudal small, 



