Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . Gnailionemus elepJias,Type (A. M. G). {. above 5th ray of anal, its length 1^ to If times its distance from 33-37, equally distant from base of ventral and from base ofcaudal. Pectoral pointed, little shorter than head, extending to middleor second third of ventral, and twice as long as latter. Caudal scaled,with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 3 times as long as deep, as longas head or a little shorter. 70-80 scales in lateral line, j^~^ in trans- • 13-18 verse series on body, j^jg in transverse s

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Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . Gnailionemus elepJias,Type (A. M. G). {. above 5th ray of anal, its length 1^ to If times its distance from 33-37, equally distant from base of ventral and from base ofcaudal. Pectoral pointed, little shorter than head, extending to middleor second third of ventral, and twice as long as latter. Caudal scaled,with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 3 times as long as deep, as longas head or a little shorter. 70-80 scales in lateral line, j^~^ in trans- • 13-18 verse series on body, j^jg in transverse series between dorsal and anal,12 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above; young with a blacklateral band edged with yellowish, expanding into a rhomboidal markingbetween dorsal and anal. Total length 400 millim. Upper Congo.—Type in Congo Museum, Teivueren. 1. One of the types. Upoto. Capt. Wilverth (C). 2. Ad. Stanley Falls. Rev. W. H. Bentley (C). 3. Skel. „ „ 4. Hgr. Irebu. M. P. Delbez (C.).5-6. Yg. Upper Congo. Brussels University. 28. GNATHONEMUS A

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