M TOM THUS. 



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1. MYOMYRUS MACRODON. 

 Bouleng. 11. cc. p. 10, pi. vii. fig. 1, p. 800, and p. 89. 



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

 length. Head 1^ to 1^ times as long as deep, with slightly concave 

 upper profile ; snout short, \ to f length of head, strongly projecting 

 beyond mouth ; mouth small, its width \ to \ length of head ; nostrils 

 below level of eye, nearer end of snout than eye ; eye very small, \ to \ 

 interorbital width. Dorsal 38-42, as long as or slightly longer than its 



Fig. 76. 



&j9gg|in 



Myomyrus macrodon 

 Type (A. M. C). 



distance from end of snout. Anal 26-30, originating below 13th to lGth 

 ray of dorsal, a little nearer base of caudal than base of ventral. 

 Pectoral obtusely pointed, § to f length of head, 1\ to lj times length 

 of ventral, reaching base of latter. Caudal scaled, with rounded lobes. 

 Caudal peduncle 3 times as long as deep, f length of head. 88-93 scales 

 in lateral line, rjjy> 5 in transverse series on body, jg^. in transverse series 

 between dorsal and anal, 16-20 round caudal peduncle. Pale brownish 

 above, whitish below. 



Total length 340 millim. 



Congo. — Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



1. Hgr., one of the types. Matadi, Lower Congo. Capt. Wilverth (C). 



2. Hgr. Boma, „ M. P. Delhez (0.). 



3. Ad. Upper Congo. Brussels University. 



4. Yg. Lindi R., Upper Congo. M. M. Storms (C.) ; ' 



Brussels Museum (E.). 



