MOEMTEUS. 



129 



a little nearer bise of caudal than base of pectoral. Pectoral rounded 

 or obtusely poiated, J to f length of head ; ventral about } length of 

 head. Caudal for the greater part scaled, with rounded lobes. Caudal 



Fig. 106. 



Mormyriia Jinssclqnistii. 

 White Nile (F. N.). i. 



peduncle 1^ to 2 times as long as deep, f to ^ length of head 



17-25 ,_ , _.__^_. .'. u^j_ 16-18 



-16 



88-98 

 scales in lateral line, oij:^ ^^ transverse series on body, ^;^zTn in transverse 



series between dorsal and anal, 28-30 round caudal peduncle. Grey or 

 brown, lighter beneath. 



Total length 350 millim. 



Lower Nile to Bahr-el-Gebel, Niger, Volta. — Types in Paris Museum. 



L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



Mr. P. C. Ziiphiro (C.) ; 



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

 L. Lo;it, Esq. (C). 

 Mr. J. T. Dalton ((_".). 



H. L. Ndi-roii Traill, Esq. (C). 



2, MORMYRUS ANCHIET^. 

 Gnimaraes, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. x. 1884, p. 4, pi. i. fig. 3 ; Bouleng. Proc. Zoo). Soc. 

 1898, p. 814. 



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

 times. Head 1\ to IJ times as long as deep, with curved upper profile ; 

 snout about \ as long as postorbital part of head ; chin slightly swollen ; 

 teeth notched, 7 or 9 in upper jaw, 10 in lower; eye moderate, its 

 diameter ^ to | length of snout, f interorbital width. Dorsal 62-66, 

 originating well in advance of ventral, about 4 times as long as anal. 

 Anal 18-20, originating nearer base of caudal than base of pectoral. 



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