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TEAVELS IN CENTEAL AFEICA. 
are ten greenish patches placed saddlewise on the back^ and six 
quadrilateral spots of the same colour along the middle of each side 
and from the dorsal to the end of the caudal. This little fish, 
which is said to be delicious eating— of which we are unable to 
judge on account of its small size — is taken along the shores with 
the other small species. It is not very common. I procured it at 
Thebes : it is caught principally in the winter, and the Arabs nam 
it Samak-el-maleh, 
The length of the specimen described is two inches. 
MORMYRIDJ^. 
Mormyrus. {Kisch-oue, Caschive.) 
Body and tail scaly ; head scaleless ; barbels none. The margin 
of the upper jaw is formed in the middle by the intermaxillaries, 
which coalesce into a single bone, and laterally by the maxillaries. 
Pectoral and ventral fins; no adipose fin. Mouth very small; 
small teeth in the jaws, or on the palate, or on the tongue. A 
series of pores along the base of the dorsal and anal fins. Gill- 
opening reduced to a short slit. 
Not esteemed as food. 
