Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . darker infront. Total length S7 mil im. Lower Congo.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. One of the types. Bonia. M. P. Delhez (€.). 2. Ad. Loango. M. De Meuse (C). 2. STOMATORHINUS WALKBRI. Mormyrus walkeri, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xx. 1867, p. 116, pi. iii. fig. C. Petrocepkahis affinis, Sauv. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. 1878, p. 101. Mormyrus affinis, Sauv. N. Arch. Mus. (2) iii. 1880, p. 52, pi. ii. fig. 2 ; Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) xvii. 1896, p. walkeri, Boulcng. Proc. Zo
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . darker infront. Total length S7 mil im. Lower Congo.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. One of the types. Bonia. M. P. Delhez (€.). 2. Ad. Loango. M. De Meuse (C). 2. STOMATORHINUS WALKBRI. Mormyrus walkeri, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xx. 1867, p. 116, pi. iii. fig. C. Petrocepkahis affinis, Sauv. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. 1878, p. 101. Mormyrus affinis, Sauv. N. Arch. Mus. (2) iii. 1880, p. 52, pi. ii. fig. 2 ; Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) xvii. 1896, p. walkeri, Boulcng. Proc. Zool. Sue. 1898, p. 799. Depth of body 3£ to3f times in total length, length of head of times. STOMATOKHINUS. 89 Head once and £ as long as deep ; snout rounded, projecting beyondmouth, -j length of head ; mouth small, its width j length of head;10 teeth in either jaw ; eye moderate, § length of snout, ^ interorbitalwidth. Dorsal 19-20, a little more than ?§? as long as its distance fromhead. Anal 23-25, a little nearer base of caudal than base of ventral, Ym. Stomatorhinus , after Gunther (Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1867). originating a little in advance of dorsal. Pectoral pointed, about § lengthof head, If times length of ventral, extending beyond base of with rounded lobes. Caudal peduncle 2\ times as long as deep,| length of head. 50-53 scales in lateral line, yjz\^ in transverse serieson body, ^ in transverse series between dorsal and anal, 16 round caudalpeduncle. Brown. Total length 90 millim. Ogowe. 1-2. Types. Gaboon. 3. Ad. Talagouga, Ogowe. Miss Kingsley (C). 3. STOMATORHINUS HUMILIOR. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 70, pi. xxxi. fig. i (1899), and Poiss. , p. 84 (1901). Depth of body 4^- to 5 times in total length, length of head 3f to 4times. Head once and ^ as long as deep; snout vertically truncate,not extending beyond mouth, \ length of head; mouth small, its width\ length of head ; 7 teeth in upper jaw, 8 in lower
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