102 



MOEMTEID.E. 



8-11 



deep, I to f length of head. 51-58 scales in lateral line, —-^ in trans- 

 verse series on body, ^ in transverse series between dorsal and anal, 

 ] 2 round caudal peduncle. Blackish brown above, sides silvery, speckled 

 with dark brown. 



Total length 125 millim. 



White Nile, Gambia, Niger. 



1. Type. GaniLia. 



2. Tvpe. Niger. 

 ■6-i. Ad. W. Africa. 

 5-8. Ad. FasLoda, White Nile. 

 9. Skel. 



10-13. Ad. Polkom, Baro R. (Sobat). 



Mr. J. T. Dalton (C). 



L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



Mr. P. 0. Zapliiro (C.) ; 

 W.N. McMillan, Esq. (P.). 



7. GNATHONEMUS LEOPOLDIANUS. 



Bouleng. Ann, Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 72, pi. xxxiii. fig. 3 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 91 (1901). 



Depth of body 3^ to 4 times in total length, length of head 4^ to 4^ 

 times. Head a little longer than deep, upper profile declivous and 

 feebly convex ; snout a little more than -j length of head ; teeth notched, 

 6 or 8 in upper jaw, 10 in lower ; chin scarcely swollen ; eye moderately 



Via. S2. 



Gnathonemiis leopoldianus. 

 Type (A. M. C). |. 



large, not more than J length of snout, f interocular width. Dorsal 

 24-25, originating above 5th or 6th ray of anal, its length \, or a little 

 less than ^, its distance from head. Anal 30-31, nearer base of caudal 

 than base of ventral. Pectoral pointed, a little shorter than head, twice 



