MORMYRTJS. 



129 



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

 or obtusely pointer!, J to f length of lie id; ventral about \ length of 

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



Fig. 106. 





Mormyrus 7ins$elqif./stit. 

 White Nile (F. N.). i- 



peduncle 1^ to 2 times as long as deep, f to £ length of head. 88-98 

 scales in lateral line, . )( j^ in transverse series on body, ,-pjy 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. 



1-2. Ad. 



3. Bkel. 



4. Ad. 



Fashoda, Wliitc Nile. 



J- 



Polkom, Baro II. (Sobat). 



5. Ad. Kenisseh, Bahr-nl-Gri'be 



f>. Ad. (Type of Niger. 



M. fju&iitheri.) 



7. Ad. Benue R.. N. of Ibi. 



L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



)' 

 Mr. P. 0. Zajihiro (('.'); 



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

 L. Loat, Esq. ((..'.). 

 Mr. •). T. Dalton (('.). 



H. L. Norton Traill, Esq. (C). 



2. MORMYRUS ANCHIETiE. 



Guimaraes, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. x. 1884, p. 4, pi. i. fig. 3 ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1898, p. 814. 



Depth of body 4 to -5^ times in total length, length of head 4 to 4i 

 times. Head \\ to \\ limes 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, % iuterorbital width. Dorsal 62-66, 

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

 Anal IS— 20, originating nearer base of caudal than base of pectoral. 



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