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MOEMYRIDvE. 



Pectoral rounded, | to nearly f length of head, ventral f. Caudal 

 densely scaled, with obtusely pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle twice as 

 long as deep, nearly ^ length of head. 80-86 scales in lateral line, 



.Kg- .107. 



Mormyrus anchutce. 

 Mossamedes. 



2^£g in transverse series on body, jg^ in transverse series between dorsal 

 and anal, 22-26 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silvery 

 beneath. 



Total length 330 millim. 



Angola. — Type in Lisbon Museum. 

 1-3. Hgr. Bmme Lagoon, Mossamedes. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



3. MORMYRUS MACROPHTHALMDS. 

 Giinth. Cat. Fish. vi. p. 217 (1866) ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 815. 



Depth of body 4 to nearly 5 times in total length, length of head 5 to 

 6 times. Head scarcely longer than deep, with strongly curved upper 



Fig. 108. 



Mormyrus macroplitltalm'us. 



Type. 



profile ; snout short, \ as long as postorbital part of head, projecting a 

 little beyond the mouth ; teeth very small, feebly notched, 7 in upper 



