Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . sversa serieson body, ps between dorsal and anal, 12 round caudal brown, more or less profusely speckled with blackish; finsdark brown. Total length 145 Niger. 1-2. Hgr. 4. Ad. Sapelle. Agberi. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C).Mr. J. D. Hamlyn (C.) ;Hon. W. Rothschild (P.).Dr. W. J. Ansorge ((J.). 70 :. 8. MARCUSENIUS llmysii, Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lxi. i. 1870, p. 553, pi. ii. fig. Ihttysii, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 795. Dep
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . sversa serieson body, ps between dorsal and anal, 12 round caudal brown, more or less profusely speckled with blackish; finsdark brown. Total length 145 Niger. 1-2. Hgr. 4. Ad. Sapelle. Agberi. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C).Mr. J. D. Hamlyn (C.) ;Hon. W. Rothschild (P.).Dr. W. J. Ansorge ((J.). 70 :. 8. MARCUSENIUS llmysii, Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lxi. i. 1870, p. 553, pi. ii. fig. Ihttysii, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 795. Depth of body 2f to 3| times in total length, length of head i\ as long as deep; snout rounded, not quite \ length of head,projecting slightly beyond mouth; mouth small, terminal, but situatedbelow level of eyes ; teeth small, notched, 5 or 7 in upper jaw, 6 inlower; eye as long as snout, ^ interocular width; posterior nostril alittle lower down than upper, close to eye. Dorsal 18-20, originatingabove fith to Sth ray of anal, its length 2| times in its distance from Fig. Marcusenius , after Steindachner (I. c). 6 head. Anal 25-28, nearer base of caudal than base of ventral. Pectoralpointed, as long as head, twice as long as ventral, extending as far asextremity of latter. Caudal with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 2 to2^ times as long as deep, § to f length of head. 48-50 scales in lateralline, 12 round caudal peduncle. Greyish above, silvery beneath, uniformor spotted with brown. Total length 60 millim. Senegal, Shari —Type in the Vienna Ad. Kaedi, Senegal. M. P. Delhez (C). 9. MARCUSENIUS ADSPERSUS. Mormyrus adspersus, Giinth. Oat. Fish. vi. p. 221 (186fc>). Marcusenius adspersus, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 795, and Poiss. , p. 76 (1901). Depth of body 2f to 3| times in total length, length of head 4 to 4£times. Head as long as deep ; snout rounded, \ to \ length of head ;mouth small, subinferior, its width \
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