Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . eyondvertical of base of latter. Caudal with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle3 times as long as deep, as long as head. 67 scales in lateral line, ^ in g2 84 in transverse series on body, ^ in transverse series between dorsal andanal, 12 round caudal peduncle. Pale brownish above, silvery whitebeneath ; head closely dotted with dark brown ; a pair of dark brownbars across nape. Total length 190 millim. Lower Niger. 1. Type. issay. J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 23. MARCUSEN1US MACROPS, sp. of bo
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . eyondvertical of base of latter. Caudal with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle3 times as long as deep, as long as head. 67 scales in lateral line, ^ in g2 84 in transverse series on body, ^ in transverse series between dorsal andanal, 12 round caudal peduncle. Pale brownish above, silvery whitebeneath ; head closely dotted with dark brown ; a pair of dark brownbars across nape. Total length 190 millim. Lower Niger. 1. Type. issay. J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 23. MARCUSEN1US MACROPS, sp. of body 3 times in total length, length of head 4§ rounded, projecting beyond the mouth, ^ length of head ; mouthsmall, inferior, its width ^ length of head ; teeth small, truncate orfeebly notched, 5 in upper jaw, 6 in lower; chin slightly swollen ;nostrils nearer eye than end of snout, on a line Avith lower border of eye ;eye very large, twice as long as snout, a little greater than interorbitalwidth, which is 4 times in length of head Dorsal 37, as long as its Fig. 67 *^K. „.y(,U-iAV- yyvrvW ffi^\;«IS^
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