Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . Morm i/rus lfi-lS • -ii 14-15 • ? i ii 2^4 in transverse series on body, j^^ in transverse series between dorsaland anal, 22-26 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silverybeneath. Total length 330 millirn. —Type in Lisbon Museum. 1-3. H2r. Einme Lagoon, Mossamedes. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C. 3. MORMYRUS Cat. Fish. vi. p. 217 (1866) ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 815. Depth of body 4 to nearly 5 ti:nes in total length, length of head 5 to6 times. Hea
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . Morm i/rus lfi-lS • -ii 14-15 • ? i ii 2^4 in transverse series on body, j^^ in transverse series between dorsaland anal, 22-26 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silverybeneath. Total length 330 millirn. —Type in Lisbon Museum. 1-3. H2r. Einme Lagoon, Mossamedes. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C. 3. MORMYRUS Cat. Fish. vi. p. 217 (1866) ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 815. Depth of body 4 to nearly 5 ti:nes in total length, length of head 5 to6 times. Head scarcely longer than deep, with strongly curved upper Firr. Mormyrus i> profile; snout short, J as long as postorbital part of head, projecting alictle beyond the mouth ; teeth very small, feebly notched, 7 in upper MORMYRUS. 131 jaw, 6 or 8 in lower; eye large, in anterior half of the head, nearly aslong as the snout, 1^ to 1| times interorbital width. Dorsal 64-65,originating above base of ventral, twice as far from base of caudal asfrom end of snout, 4-4| times as long as anal. Anal 19-21, originatinga little nearer base of caudal than end of snout. Pectoral pointed, aslong as head, ventral |- length of head. Caudal with long pointedlobes, as long as head. Caudal peduncle 2| times as long as deep,?f length of head. 85-98 scales in lateral line, jg^ in transverseseries on body, 23-28 in transverse series between dorsal and anal, 12round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silvery white beneath. Total length 290 millim. Niger. 1. Type. Niger. Mr. J. T. Dalton (C). 2. Hgr. Agberi, Lower Niger. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C.) 4.
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