Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . ey Falls. M. De Meuse (C). 6. MYOMYRUS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 9 (1898), Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 800,and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 88 (1901). 5 or 6 conical teeth in the upper jaw, 6 compressed teeth in the lowerjaw, median pair very large and incisor-like ; mouth inferior, anterior tothe eyes. Nostrils moderately far apart, distant from the eye. Bodyshort; ventrals nearer pectorals than anal. Dorsal much longer thananal. Vertebrae 50 (14 + 4 + 32). Congo. M TOM THUS. 93 1. MYOMYRUS
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . ey Falls. M. De Meuse (C). 6. MYOMYRUS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 9 (1898), Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 800,and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 88 (1901). 5 or 6 conical teeth in the upper jaw, 6 compressed teeth in the lowerjaw, median pair very large and incisor-like ; mouth inferior, anterior tothe eyes. Nostrils moderately far apart, distant from the eye. Bodyshort; ventrals nearer pectorals than anal. Dorsal much longer thananal. Vertebrae 50 (14 + 4 + 32). Congo. M TOM THUS. 93 1. MYOMYRUS 11. cc. p. 10, pi. vii. fig. 1, p. 800, and p. 89. Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 4 to 4§ times in totallength. Head 1^ to 1^ times as long as deep, with slightly concaveupper profile ; snout short, \ to f length of head, strongly projectingbeyond mouth ; mouth small, its width \ to \ length of head; nostrilsbelow level of eye, nearer end of snout than eye; eye very small, \ to \interorbital width. Dorsal 38-42, as long as or slightly longer than its Fig. &j9gg|in Myomyrus macrodonType (A. M. C).
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