Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . as anal. Anal 19-21, originatinga little nearer base of caudal than end of snout. Pectoral pointed, aslong as head, ventral |- length of head. Caudal with long pointedlobes, as long as head. Caudal peduncle 2| times as long as deep,?f length of head. 85-98 scales in lateral line, jg^ in transverseseries on body, 23-28 in transverse series between dorsal and anal, 12round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silvery white beneath. Total length 290 millim. Niger. 1. Type. Niger. Mr. J. T. Dalton (C). 2. Hgr. Agbe
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . as anal. Anal 19-21, originatinga little nearer base of caudal than end of snout. Pectoral pointed, aslong as head, ventral |- length of head. Caudal with long pointedlobes, as long as head. Caudal peduncle 2| times as long as deep,?f length of head. 85-98 scales in lateral line, jg^ in transverseseries on body, 23-28 in transverse series between dorsal and anal, 12round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silvery white beneath. Total length 290 millim. Niger. 1. Type. Niger. Mr. J. T. Dalton (C). 2. Hgr. Agberi, Lower Niger. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C.) 4. MORMYRUS OVIS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 15, pi. vii. fig. 2 (1898), Proc. Zool. , p. 815, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 110 (1991). Depth of body 3-| to 4 times in total length, length of head 4f to 5times. Head nearly as long as deep, with strongly curved upper profile ;snout short, \ to § postorbital part of head ; teeth very small, notched,5 in upper jaw, 8 in lower ; eye moderate, \ length of snout, \ to f Fig. Mormyrus (A. M. C). f. interorbital width. Dorsal 53-55, originating above base of ventral,a little longer than its distance from end of snout, 2f to 3 times aslong as anal. Anal 22-23, originating a little nearer head than base ofcaudal. Pectoral obtusely pointed, f length of head, ventral ^ or f k2 132 length of head. Caudal with obtusely pointed lobes, at least as long ashead. Caudal peduncle 2| to 3 times as long as deep, f to f length ofhead. 90-92 scales in lateral line, j8 in transverse series on body,29—30 in transverse series between dorsal and anal, 16 round caudalpeduncle. Pale brownish. Total length 310 millim. Upper Congo.—Type in Congo Museum, Ad. Stanley Falls. Bev. W. H. Bentlev (C). 5. MORMYRUS CABALLUS. Bouleii£. Aim. Mua. Congo, Zool. i. p. 16, pi. viii. fig. 1 (1898), Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 818, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. Ill (1901).Mormy
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