MORMYKOPS. 



45 



5 times. Head once and f to nearly twice as long as deep, with straight 

 or slightly concave upper profile ; snout rounded, jaws equal ; width 

 of mouth a little less than length of snout; teeth truncate, 14 to 20 

 in each jaw ; eye very small, in anterior third of head, its diameter 

 3 or 4 times in length of snout, 21 to 3J times in interocular width. 

 Dorsal 34-39, f to f length of anal, originating at equal distance from 

 head and from base of caudal, or a little nearer latter. Anal 47-59, 



Fig. 32. 



Mormi/rops marice. 

 Type, f 



originating in advance of dorsal (8th to 11th ray corresponding to first 

 dorsal), and much nearer base of caudal than end of snout. Pectoral 

 rounded, \ length of head. Caudal very small, scaled at the base, with 

 rounded lobes. Caudal peduncle not longer than deep, \ to \ length of 



18-20 



head. 100-106 scales in lateral line, i^^ in transverse series on body, 

 28-31 in transverse series between dorsal and anal, 22-24 round caudal 

 peduncle. Pale purplish, uniform or finely speckled with brown. 

 Total length 390 millim. 



Capt. Wilverth (C). 

 M. P. Delhez (C). 

 M. A. Gresboff(C). 



Longo. 





1-2. Hgr. 



Matadi, Lower Congo. 



3. Ad. 



Boma, „ 



4. Hgr., type. 



Kinshassa, Stanley Pool 



16. MORMYROPS ATTENDATUS. 



Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 6, pi. i. fig. 4 (1898), Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, 



p. 78(5, Poiss. lias-. Congo, p. 08 (1901), and Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 



1905, p. 611. 



Depth of body 8 to 8J times in total length, length of head 5| to 



6i times. Head nearly twice as long as deep, upper profile straight, 



declivous ; snout rounded, projecting a little beyond mouth ; width 



of mouth | length of snout ; teeth truncate, ^ ; eye small, in anterior 



third of head, its diameter 2\ times in length of snout or interocular 



width. Dorsal 41-43, | length of anal, originating a little nearer base 



