•UORMTRJD.E. 



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

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

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

 head. 67-72 scales in lateral line, j^jg in transverse series on body, ^ 

 between dorsal and anal, 16 round c ludal 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. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xvi. 18G6, p. 765, 



pi. xvii. fig. 2. 

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



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

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

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

 notched : eye rather small, |- length of snout ; nostrils on a level with 

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



Fig. 57. 





Marcusenius pauciradiatus. 

 Type, after Steindaehner (I. a). | . 



Dorsal 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 J 

 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. 



