Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . Fig. 30. ?JSm ::\^i;::y ????::.: \.-y-,^:;:,:j ????? ^?.•-^ v ;7siP. Mormyrops (A. M. C). *• width. Dorsal 24-25, f length of anal, its origin 3 times as distantfrom end of snout as from root of caudal. Anal 38-41, originatingconsiderably in advance of dorsal, its origin twice as distant from endof snout as from root of caudal. Pectoral rounded, J length of small, greater part covered with scales, lobes short and peduncle not or but slightly longer than deep, j to -
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . Fig. 30. ?JSm ::\^i;::y ????::.: \.-y-,^:;:,:j ????? ^?.•-^ v ;7siP. Mormyrops (A. M. C). *• width. Dorsal 24-25, f length of anal, its origin 3 times as distantfrom end of snout as from root of caudal. Anal 38-41, originatingconsiderably in advance of dorsal, its origin twice as distant from endof snout as from root of caudal. Pectoral rounded, J length of small, greater part covered with scales, lobes short and peduncle not or but slightly longer than deep, j to -J length ofhead. 54-58 scales in lateral line, j^15 in transverse series on body,14-16 in transverse series between dorsal and anal, 12 round caudal 44 peduncle. Blackish on the back, greyish on the belly ; sides brown, withdarker longitudinal lines, with or without black blotches. Total length 340 millim. Upper Congo, Ogowe.—Type in Congo Museum, Hgr. Monsembe, Upper Congo. Eev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 14. MORMYROPS MICROSTOMA. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 6, pi. i. fig. 3 (1898), Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898,p. 786, and Poi
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