. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . Elops inermis, Mitchell, Tr. Lit. Phil. Soc. N. Y. i. 1815, p. machnata, Biipp. N. Wirbelth., Fisch. pp. 80 & 84 (1835) ; Richards. Voy. Ereb. & Terr., Fish. p. 59, pi. xxxvi. figs. 3-5 (1846) ; Schleg. Faun. Japon., Poiss. p. 241, pi. cix. fig. 2 (1850) ; Playf. & Giinth. Fish. Zanzib. p. 121, fig. (1866).Elops indicus, Swains. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 292 (1839).Elops capensis, A. Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr., Fish. pi. vii. (1840) ; Casteln. Mem. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 67 (1861).Elops purpurascens, Rich
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . Elops inermis, Mitchell, Tr. Lit. Phil. Soc. N. Y. i. 1815, p. machnata, Biipp. N. Wirbelth., Fisch. pp. 80 & 84 (1835) ; Richards. Voy. Ereb. & Terr., Fish. p. 59, pi. xxxvi. figs. 3-5 (1846) ; Schleg. Faun. Japon., Poiss. p. 241, pi. cix. fig. 2 (1850) ; Playf. & Giinth. Fish. Zanzib. p. 121, fig. (1866).Elops indicus, Swains. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 292 (1839).Elops capensis, A. Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr., Fish. pi. vii. (1840) ; Casteln. Mem. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 67 (1861).Elops purpurascens, Richards. Ichth. China, p. 311 (1846). Depth of body 4^ to 5^ times in total length, length of head 3£ to 4times. Eye 4 to 5 times in length of head, as long as or a little shorterthan snout, equal to interorbital width; lower jaw not or but scarcely 26 projecting beyond upper; maxillary extending far beyond posteriorborder of eye. Bvanchiostegal rays 28-35. Gill-rakers not longer thangill-filaments, 14 or 15 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 22-25, Fig. 17. :M. Elops Ocean, after Day (Fish. Intl.). 3. originating above ventral. Anal 14-17. Scales 100-110 ^|, 9-10between lateral line and scaly process above ventral, 28 round caudalpeduncle. Uniform silvery. Total length 400 millim. Tropical and subtropical seas. Ascending rivers of Tropical andSouth Africa.—Type in Linnean Society, London. 1-3. Ad. & yg. St. Louis, Senegal. M. P. Delhez (C). 4, 5. Stffd. & skin. Zanzibar. Sir L. Playfair (C). 6, 7. Skins. East Africa. Sir J. Kirk (P.). 8. Stffd. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith (P.). 2. ELOPS LACERTA. Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xix. p. 301, pi. ccccclxxv. (1846) ; Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lxi. i. 1870, p. 571 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 47 (1901).Elops congicus, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 21, pi. x. fig. 1 (1898). Depth of body 4-J- to 5^ times in total length, length of head 4 to 4-|times. Eye 4 times in length of head, as long as snou
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