68 MOEMTRJD.E. 



subinfei-ior, its width i length of head ; teeth small, feebly notched, 

 5 in upper jaw, 6 in lower ; nostrils nearly equally distant from end of 

 snout and fiom eye, anterior on a level with centre of latter, posteiior 

 with lower border ; eye small, about ^ length of snout or interorbital 

 width. Dorsal 15-18, hardly ^ as long as its distance from head, 

 originating above 10th to 14th ray of anal. Anal 25-30, nearly 2 to 2^ 



Fig. 50. 



v</t, s."s»w-'vi»*'":!*'r 



«*. 





Aj^-iAj.LiuUi.ii.tiiLs>' ,- 



m 



]\larcn!<e.inus hrdchistius. 

 Fi'om Liberia. 



times as long as dorsal, nearer base of caudal than base of ventral. 

 Pectoral obtusely pointed, at least f length of head, 1^ to 1-| length of 

 ventral, reaching base of latter. Caudal densely scaled in the basal half, 

 with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 2\ to 3 times as long as deep, as 



Q_1 r\ 



long as head or a little shorter. 58-64 scales in lateral line, ^^^i ^'^ 



7-9 ■ 



transverse series on body, ^^ m transverse series between dorsal and 

 anal, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown. 



Total length 175 millim. 



West Africa, from Sierra Leone to the Congo. — Type in U. S. National 

 Museum, Washington. 



H. C. Hart, Esq. (P.). 



Dr. Biittikofer (C). 



Sir A. Moloney (P.). 



R. B. N. Walker, Esq. (C). 



Miss Kingsley (C). 

 Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 

 Capt. Wilverth (C). 

 M. De Meuse (C). 



