Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . h 380 millim. Congo.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1-2. Ad. & hgr., two of Upoto, Upper Congo. Cap! Wilverth ( the types. 3. Yg. Banzyville, Ubanghi. Capt. Royaux (C.). 4-5. Yg. Stanley Pool. M. De Meuse (C). G. Hgr. Boma, Lower Congo. M. P. Delliez (C). 7. Yg. Lower Congo. Bev. J. Pinnoek (C). 29. GNATHONEMUS Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. p. 25, pi. vii. rig. 4 (l!02j. Depth of body i\ to 4-f times in total length, length of head 3^ to 3$times. Snout produced into a long, strongly compre
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . h 380 millim. Congo.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1-2. Ad. & hgr., two of Upoto, Upper Congo. Cap! Wilverth ( the types. 3. Yg. Banzyville, Ubanghi. Capt. Royaux (C.). 4-5. Yg. Stanley Pool. M. De Meuse (C). G. Hgr. Boma, Lower Congo. M. P. Delliez (C). 7. Yg. Lower Congo. Bev. J. Pinnoek (C). 29. GNATHONEMUS Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. p. 25, pi. vii. rig. 4 (l!02j. Depth of body i\ to 4-f times in total length, length of head 3^ to 3$times. Snout produced into a long, strongly compressed and curvedtube, the length of which equals 2h to 3 times that of postocular part ofhead and 8 to 10 limes its least depth; a compressed mental appendage, GNATHONEMUS. 123 measuring \ diameter of eye ; teeth conical, 6-8 in upper jaw, 4 in lower;eye rather large. Dorsal 32-33, originating above 6th or 7th ray of anal,its length once and § in its distance from head. Anal 36-37, a littlenearer base of caudal than base of ventral. Pectoral pointed, as long as Fig. 102. *W»*. (A. M. C). f. head without rostrum, nearly reaching end of ventral. Caudal partlycovered with scales, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 3 times aslong as deep, shorter than pectoral. 77-82 scales in lateral line, ^?-in transverse series on body, j^^ in transverse series between dorsal andanal, 16 round caudal peduncle. Dark brown ; two blackish verticalbands, separated by a light interspace, between dorsal and anal; finsblackish. Total length 150 millim. Ubanghi.—Type in Congo Museum, One of the types. Banzyville. Oapt. Royaux (C). 30. GNATHONEMUS CURVIROSTRIS. Bcmleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 13, pi, vi. fig. 1 (1898), Proc. Zool. , p. 811, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 106 (1901). Depth of body 4§ times in total length, length of head 3| profile of head descending in a strong curve ; snout much pro-longed, tubiform, strongly compressed,
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