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WHITE GYMNOTE. 



Gymnotus Albus. G. albus, maxilla inferiore longiore, labiv 



superiore utrhique lobulo notato. 

 White Gymnotus, with the lower jaw longest, and the upper 



lip marked with a lobule on each side. 

 Gymnotus albus. Pall Spic. Zool. 7. p- 3(5, 

 Gymnotus albus. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1137* 



Size and general habit of the Carapo and fasci- 

 atus 5 colour white or whitish ; scales moderately 

 large; tail naked for about an inch, and ending in 

 a point, as in others of this tribe ; pectoral fins very 

 small ; mouth furnished on each side the upper lip 

 with a small lobule or abrupt cirrus, as it were, 

 situated at about half the distance of the gape ; 

 eyes very small ; head marked on each side by se- 

 veral pores. Native of Surinam. 



WHITE-FRONTED GYMNOTE. 



Gymnotus Albifrons. G. dorso anteriore niveo. Lin. Syst, 



Nat. Gmel. p. 1 139, PaM* Spic. Zool 7. p. 35. t. 6.f. 1 . 

 Gymnote with the fore part of the back snow-white. 



First described by Dr. Pallas : native of Suri- 

 nam : head with wider mouth than the rest of its 

 tribe, very obtuse, fleshy, and sprinkled over with 

 small pores : upper lip very thick, including the 

 lower, which is very high on each side : no tongue : 

 palate beset with papillae : gill-covers with a semi- 

 lunar opening before the fleshy base of the pectoral 



