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SALAYx\ MORMYRUS. 



Mormynis Salahia. M. rostra ohtuso, maxilla inferiore longiore, 



pinna dorsal i an ah breviore. 

 Mormyms with the lower jaw longer than the upper, and 



dorsal fin shorter than the anal. 

 Mormyre Salahie. Cepede. 5. p. 6ig. . 



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Dorsal fin placed opposite the anal : observed 

 by GeofFroy in the desert near Salaya, where they 

 had been thrown by an inundation, and left in a 

 dry state. 



bebe' mormyus. 



Mormyrus Bebe. M. rostro ohtuso, maxillis cequalibus, pinna 



dorsali anali sexies breviore. 

 Mormyrus with obtuse snout, and dorsal fin six times shorter 



than the anal. 

 Mormyre Bebe. Cepede, 5. p. 619. 



Dorsal fin placed opposite the anal as in the 

 preceding : native of the Nile : observed in plenty 

 near the region of Bebe. 



herse' mormyrus, 



Mormyrus Herse. M. rostro obtuso, maxilla stipe riore longiore^y 



pinna dorsali longitudine dor si. 

 Mormyrus with obtuse snout, upper jaw longer than the 



lower, and dorsal fin running the whole length of the back, 

 Mormyre Herse. Cepede, 5. p. 620. 



Native of the Nile : called by the Arabians 

 Hersi. 



