. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . 30. Ad. Geladi, Webi Shebeli. 3-1. Ad. Lake Nyassa. 32. Yg. ?5 Tuckey F. Hens (C).M. P. Delhez (C.,. M. A. Greshoff (C). M. P. Delhez (C).Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.).M. DeBauw (C).Capt. Royaux (C).Dr. Donaldson Smith (G).Capt. E. L. Rhoades (P.).J. A. Williams, Esq. (C). 2. MORMYROPS ANGUILLOIDES. Mormyrus anguiUoides, Linn. Mus. Ad. Frid. ii. p. 110 (1764), and Syst. Nat. i. p. 522 (1766) ; I. Geoffr. Descr. Egypte, Poiss. p. 274, pi. vii. fig. 2 (1827); Rifaud, Voy. Egypte, pi. clxxxviii. fig. 2
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . 30. Ad. Geladi, Webi Shebeli. 3-1. Ad. Lake Nyassa. 32. Yg. ?5 Tuckey F. Hens (C).M. P. Delhez (C.,. M. A. Greshoff (C). M. P. Delhez (C).Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.).M. DeBauw (C).Capt. Royaux (C).Dr. Donaldson Smith (G).Capt. E. L. Rhoades (P.).J. A. Williams, Esq. (C). 2. MORMYROPS ANGUILLOIDES. Mormyrus anguiUoides, Linn. Mus. Ad. Frid. ii. p. 110 (1764), and Syst. Nat. i. p. 522 (1766) ; I. Geoffr. Descr. Egypte, Poiss. p. 274, pi. vii. fig. 2 (1827); Rifaud, Voy. Egypte, pi. clxxxviii. fig. 2 (1836) ; Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xix. p. 258 (1846) ; Marcusen, Mem. Ac. St. Petersb. (7) vii. 1864, no. 4, p. 132 ; Giinth. Petherioks Trav. ii. p. 257 (1869).Mormyrus dendera, Lacep. Hist. Poiss. v. p. 621 (1803).Mormyrops anguiUoides, Marcusen, Bull. Ac. St. Petersb. xii. 1854, p. 14; Giinth. Cat. Fish. vi. p. 233 (1866) ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 782, and Fish. Nile, p. 29, pi. v. fig. 1 (1907).Mareusenius anguiUoides, Gill, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 444. Fig. Mormyrops (F. N.). ±. Depth of body 5 to 6| times in total length, length of head 4 once and § to nearly twice as long as deep, upper profile slightlycoucave ; snout rounded, \ to \ length of head, scarcely projectingbeyond mouth; width of mouth nearly equal to or less than lengthof snout; teeth more or less distinctly notched, 20 to 24 in each jaw ;eye small, in anterior third of the head, its diameter 2J to 3 times in MOKMYKOPS. 3o length of snout, 2 to 3 times in interocular width. Dorsal 25-28,f- to § length of anal, originating 2 to 1\ times as far from end ofsnout as from root of caudal. Anal 39-42, originating considerably inadvance of dorsal, its 10th to 12th ray corresponding to first of latter,and at equal distance from head and root of caudal. Pectoral roundedor very obtusely pointed, \ to f length of head. Caudal rather small,with rounded lobes, greater pa
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