Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . ES. Mormyrops spltekodes, Sauv. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. 1878, p. 101, and N. Arch. Mus. (2) iii. 1880, p. 55, pi. ii. fig. sphecodes, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (G) xvii. 18%, p. .sphecodes, Bouleng. Proe. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 793. Depth of body equal to or a little less than length of head, 5 to 6times in total length. Head once and \ as long as deep; snout rounded,i to j length of head; mouth small, subinferior, its width \ length of MARCtTSEXICS. 6< head ; teeth sm:ill, no
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . ES. Mormyrops spltekodes, Sauv. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. 1878, p. 101, and N. Arch. Mus. (2) iii. 1880, p. 55, pi. ii. fig. sphecodes, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (G) xvii. 18%, p. .sphecodes, Bouleng. Proe. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 793. Depth of body equal to or a little less than length of head, 5 to 6times in total length. Head once and \ as long as deep; snout rounded,i to j length of head; mouth small, subinferior, its width \ length of MARCtTSEXICS. 6< head ; teeth sm:ill, notched, 5 in upper jaw, 6 in lower ; nostrils midwaybetween eye and end of snout, posterior on a line with lower border ofeye; eye small, \ length of snout, \ interorbital width. Dorsal 17-21,originating above 6th ray of anal, not h as long as its distance from thehead. Anal 24-26, equally distant from base of ventral and from baseof caudal or a little nearer latter, not more than once and ^ as long asdorsal. Pectoral pointed, f to f length of head, lh length of ventral, Fig. Marcw>eniitst River, t. reaching base of latter. Caudal with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle3 to 3J times as long as deep, nearly as long as head. 67-90 scalesin lateral line, jg^ in transverse series on body, g in transverse seriesbetween dorsal and anal, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown, lighterbeneath. Total length 210 millim. Cameroon to Congo.— Type in Paris Museum. 1-2, 3-5. Ad. & yg. Kribi R., S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Esq. (0.).6. Skel. „ „ ,, 7—10. Ad. Ja R. at Bitye, Cameroon. ,, 11. Ad. Talagouga, Ogowe. Miss Kingsley (C). 12. Hgr. Lukula R., Congo. Brussels Museum (E.). 6. MARCUSENIUS BRACHISTIUS. Marcusenius braehywtius, Gill, Proc. Ac. Pliilad. 1862, p. 139 ; Bouleng. Proe. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 793, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 75 (1901).Mormyrus brachyistius, Giinth. Cat. Fish. vi. p. 219 (1866).Mormyrus microcephalus, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xx. 1867, p. 11 5
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