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cated in front, with the cleft of the month at its lower side, below 
the eye, which is of moderate size. Teeth very small, dilated, and 
notched, forming a complete series round the entire edge of both 
jaws. Pectoral extending beyond the root of the ventral, which is 
short, half as long as the pectoral. The height of the body is con" 
tained from twice and one-half to three times and one-quarter in 
the total length (without caudal) , the length of the head four times, 
or four times and a third. 
Mormyrus discorhynchus , Ptrs. 
D. 30—36. A. 24—27. L. lat. 70. 
Snout obtuse, rounded, compressed, as long as the eye, which is 
of moderate size ; cleft of the mouth at the lower side of the snout, 
before the vertical from the front margin of the orbit. Teeth very 
small, dilated, and notched, few in number. The pectoral extends 
somewhat beyond the middle of the ventral, which is more than 
half as long as the pectoral. The height of “the body is one- third 
of the total length (without caudal), the length of the head one- 
fifth. Back and upper parts of the side irregularly marbled with 
brown. 
Mormyrus hovel, C. & V. - 
D. 20—23. A, 31—33. 
Form of the snout as in M. bane, the cleft of the mouth being 
below the middle of the orbit. The height of the body is nearly 
one-fourth of the total length, the caudal fin included. 
