74 



MOEMIEID.E. 



latter. Pectoral obtusely pointed, f length of head, once and f as long 

 as ventral, not quite reaching base of latter. Caudal with rounded 

 lobes. Caudal peduncle 2| to 3 times as long as deep, | to | length of 

 head. 67-72 scales in lateral line, }|^ in transverse series on body, ^ 

 between dorsal and anal, 16 round c.udal peduncle. Brownish; a 

 blackish vertical bar between origin of dorsal and anal. 



Total length 110 millim. 



Angola. 

 1-2. Types. Between Benguella and Bihe. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



13. MARCUSENIUS PAUCIRADIATUS. 

 Mormyrus pauciradiatus, Steind. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xvi, 1866, p. 765, 



pi. xvii. fig. 2. 

 Marcusenius pauciradiatus, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 795. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 3f times in total length. Head 

 once and \ as long as deep ; snout rounded, -j length of head ; mouth 

 small, subterminal, but situated considerably below level of eye ; teeth 

 notched ; eye rather small, f length of snout ; nostrils on a level with 

 lower border of eye, midway between latter and end of the snout. 



rig. 57. 



Marcusenius pauciradiatus. 

 Type, after Steindachner (L. c). |. 



L)orsal 18, originating a little posterior to origin of anal, its length 3 

 times in its distance from head. Anal 23, a little nearer base of caudal 

 than base of ventral. Pectoral shorter than head, hardly reaching base 

 of ventral. Caudal with rounded lobes. Caudal peduncle once and \ 

 as long as deep, \ length of head. 70 scales in lateral line, about 20 

 round caudal peduncle. 



Total length 100 millim. 



Angola. — Type in Vienna Museum. 



