130 



MOHMi'RID.E. 



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

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

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



Fur. 107. 



Morm i/rus ancJiietm. 

 Mossairiecles. 



lfi-lS • -ii 14-15 • ■ i ii 



2^4 in transverse series on body, j^^ in transverse series between dorsal 

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

 beneath. 



Total length 330 millirn. 



Angola.- — Type in Lisbon Museum. 



1-3. H 2 r. 



Einme Lagoon, Mossamedes. 



Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C. 



3. MORMYRUS MAOROPHTHALMUS. 

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



Depth of body 4 to nearly 5 ti:nes in total length, length of head 5 to 

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



Firr. 108. 



Mormyrus maeroplitlialmus. 

 Type. i> 



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

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



