Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . vertical of base of latter. Caudal with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle . 17 • 3 times as long as deep, as long as head. 07 scales in lateral line, j^ in g2 •84 transverse series on body, jf in transverse series between dorsal andanal, 12 round caudal peduncle. Pale brownish above, silvery whitebeneath; head closely dotted with dark brown; a pair of dark brownbars across nape. Total length 190 millim. Lower Type. Assay. J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 23. MARCUSENIUS MACROPS, sp. of
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . vertical of base of latter. Caudal with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle . 17 • 3 times as long as deep, as long as head. 07 scales in lateral line, j^ in g2 •84 transverse series on body, jf in transverse series between dorsal andanal, 12 round caudal peduncle. Pale brownish above, silvery whitebeneath; head closely dotted with dark brown; a pair of dark brownbars across nape. Total length 190 millim. Lower Type. Assay. J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 23. MARCUSENIUS MACROPS, sp. of body 3 times in total length, length of head 4f rounded, projecting beyond the mouth, ^ length of head ; mouthsmall, inferior, its width J length of head ; teeth small, truncate orfeebly notched, 5 in upper jaw, 6 in lower; chin slightly swollen ;nostrils nearer eye than end of snout, on a line with lower border of eye ;eye very large, twice as long as snout, a little greater than interorbitalwidth, which is 4 times in length of head. Dorsal 37, as long as its Fig.
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