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CYPRINOID MORMYRUS. 



Mormyras Cyprinoides, 31. rostro ohtuso, maxilla superior e 

 longiore, pinna dorsali radiis viginti'Septem, cauda furcata, 



Mormynis witli obtuse snout, upper jaw longer than the lower^ 

 twenty- seven rays in the dorsal fin, and forked tail. 



Mormyrus cyprinoides. M. cauda bijida acuta, Lin. GmeL 

 Mus, Ad, Frid. 



Hap.it somewhat resembling that of the genus 

 Cyprinus : dorsal fin opposite the anal, and of equal 

 length. Native of the Nile. 



BANE MORMYRUS. 



Mormyrus Bane. M. rostro ohtuso, maxilla superiore multo 



longiore, pinna dorsali analique cequalibus. 

 Mormyrus^with obtuse snout, upper jaw much longer than the 



lower, and dorsal fin of equal length with the anal. 

 Mormyre Bane. Cepede. p. 620. 



Native of the Nile : called by the Arabs Bane, 



hasselquist's mormyrus. 



Moimyrus Hasselquistii. M. pinna dorsali radiis viginti, anali 



radiis duodecitn, cauda furcata. 

 Mormyrus with twenty rays in the dorsal fin, twelve in the 



anal, and forked tail. 

 Mormyre Hasselquist. Cepede. p. 620. 



Native of the Nile : observed by Hasselquist. 

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