72 



MOEMYKID.E. 



as long as deep, a little shorter than head, 45 scales in lateral line, 

 II in transverse series on body, |^ between dorsal and anal, 12 round 

 caudal peduncle. Brownish, with an ill-defined darker vertical band 

 between origin of dorsal and origin of anal ; anterior half of caudal 

 peduncle dark brown. 



Total length 140 millim. 



Upper Congo. 



F\s. 54. 



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1. Type. 



V 



Marcusenins weel'sii. 

 Type (A. M. C). f 



ilonsembe. 



llev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 



11. MARCUS ENIUS BATESII. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xviii. 190G, p. 36. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 4i to 5 times in total length. 

 Head once and ^ as long as deep ; snout rounded, ^ length of head ; 

 mouth small, subinferior, its width ^ length of head ; a very distinct 

 mental swelling ; teeth small, notched, 5 or 6 in upper jaw, 6 in lower ; 

 nostrils midway between eye and end of snout, anterior on a level with 

 centre of former, posterior on a level with its lower border ; eye small, 

 f or ^ length of snout, j interocular width. Uorsal 16-17, originating 

 above fifth ray of anal, its length about -§■ of its distance from head. 

 Anal 22-23, a little nearer root of caudal than base of ventral. Pectoral 

 pointed, about f length of head, once and ^ length of ventral, not 

 reaching base of latter. Caudal with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 

 2^ or 2|- times as long as deep, a little shorter than head. 68-70 scales 



