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scarcely bent downwards, its length little more than \ postocular part 

 of head ; chin slightly swollen. Teeth notched, 7 or 8 in upper jaw, 

 1 1 in lower ; eye moderate, its diameter 2\ times in length of snout, 

 twice in interorbital width. Dorsal 62-68, originating well in advance 

 of ventral, i.\ to 4J times as long as deep. Anal 18-19, originating 

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

 more than § length of head, 3 times length of ventral. Caudal scaled 

 at the base, with obtusely pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 1| times as 

 long as deep. 90-92 scales in lateral line, ^j^ in transverse series on 

 body, jTj in transverse series between dorsal and anal, 18 round caudal 

 peduncle. Brownish, with silvery sheen ; fins dark. 



Total length 153 millim. 



Upper Zambesi. — Types in Paris Museum. 



Distinguished from M. anchietce by the less bent snout, more scales 

 in the lateral line, and fewer round the caudal peduncle. 



Pig. 110. 



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Mormyms bumbanus. 

 Type. i. 



3 a. MORMYRUS BUMBANUS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) iv. 1909, p. 186. 

 Mormijrus habereri, SteinJ. Anz. Ak. Wien, 1912, p. 443, and Denkschr, Ak. 



Wien. lxxxix. 1913, p. 9, fig. 

 Mormyrusjw, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) xiv. 1914, p. 383. 



Depth of body 4^ to 4§ times in total length, length of head 4| times. 

 Head a little longer than deep, with strongly curved upper profile; 

 snout short, measuring f postorbital part of head; mouth terminal; 

 teeth small, feebly notched, 5 or 7 in upper jaw, 8 or 10 in lower; 



