Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . amined. MOKMTHUS. 141 1-2. Ad. & hgr,3-10. Hgr. & yg. 11-12. Ad. 13. Ad. 14-15. Ad. 16. Hgr. 17. Hgr. 18. Hgr. 19. Yg. 20. Yg. St. Louis, Senegal. Kaedi, „ Gambia. Mureji, Upper Niger. Jebba, ,, Benue N. or Ibi. R. Shari at Maidugari. Gaboon Lower (ongo. Monsembe, Upper Congo. M. P. Delhez (C). J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 11 (apt. G. F. Abadie (P.).H. L. Norton Traill. Esq. (apt. G. B. Gosling (P.). M. A. Greshoff (C.) ; Utrecht University ( E.).Rev. J. H. Weeks (0.). 14. MORMYRUS PROBOSCIROSTRIS. Bouleng
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . amined. MOKMTHUS. 141 1-2. Ad. & hgr,3-10. Hgr. & yg. 11-12. Ad. 13. Ad. 14-15. Ad. 16. Hgr. 17. Hgr. 18. Hgr. 19. Yg. 20. Yg. St. Louis, Senegal. Kaedi, „ Gambia. Mureji, Upper Niger. Jebba, ,, Benue N. or Ibi. R. Shari at Maidugari. Gaboon Lower (ongo. Monsembe, Upper Congo. M. P. Delhez (C). J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 11 (apt. G. F. Abadie (P.).H. L. Norton Traill. Esq. (apt. G. B. Gosling (P.). M. A. Greshoff (C.) ; Utrecht University ( E.).Rev. J. H. Weeks (0.). 14. MORMYRUS PROBOSCIROSTRIS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. 1898, p. 16, pi. viii. fig. 2, Proc. Zool. , p. 818, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 114 (1901). Depth of body 4y to 4^ times in total length, length of head of to34- times. Upper profile of head descending in a curve; snout muchproduced, trunk-like, a little longer than postocular part of the head, itslength 3\ to 4| times its least depth ; mouth very small, lower jaw-slightly projecting, with thick lips ; teeth notched, 5 or 7 in upper jaw,. Mormyrus (A. M. C). j. 12 or 14 in lower; eye small, its diameter o\ to 1\ times in lengthof snout, twice in interorbital width. Dorsal 75-82, originating wellin advance of base of ventral, nearly 5 times as long as anal, onceand \ as long as its distance from end of snout. Anal 19-20,originating at equal distance from base of pectoral and from base 142 of caudal. Pectoral obtusely pointed, nearly ^ length of head, ventral| length of head. Caudal densely scaled, with rounded lobes. Caudalpeduncle 1^ to 2 times as long as deep, ^ or less than -g- length of scales in lateral line, ^-^ in transverse series on body, 32-36 intransverse series between dorsal and anal, 18-20 round caudal or brown, sometimes with a broad bluish-grey stripe extendingalong each side of the body and tail. Total length 570 millim. Upper Congo.—Type in Congo Museum, Tervii
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