Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . J. Kirk (P.). b. Stftd. Capo of Good IIo{C. Sir A. Smith (P.;. 2. ELOPS LAC^ERTA.Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xix. p. 801, pi. ccccclxxv. (1S4()) ; Stoind. Sitzh. Ak. AVien, Ixi. i. 1IS70, p. ul ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 47 (1901).Eloiys conyiats, Ponlcng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. j». 21, pi. x. fig. 1 (1808). Depth of body 4^ to 5^ times in total length, length of head 4 to 4 Jtimes. Eye 4 times in length of head, as long as snout, a little morethan interorbital width ; lower jaw projecting beyond
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Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . J. Kirk (P.). b. Stftd. Capo of Good IIo{C. Sir A. Smith (P.;. 2. ELOPS LAC^ERTA.Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xix. p. 801, pi. ccccclxxv. (1S4()) ; Stoind. Sitzh. Ak. AVien, Ixi. i. 1IS70, p. ul ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 47 (1901).Eloiys conyiats, Ponlcng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. j». 21, pi. x. fig. 1 (1808). Depth of body 4^ to 5^ times in total length, length of head 4 to 4 Jtimes. Eye 4 times in length of head, as long as snout, a little morethan interorbital width ; lower jaw projecting beyond upper; maxillaryextending a little beyond posterior border of eye. Branchiostegal rays24-26. Gill-rakers longer than branchial filaments, 17-19 on lower partof anterior arch. Dorsal 18-21, originating a little behind first ray ofventral. Anal 18-21. Scales 74-83 ^^, 6-7 between lateral line and ELOPS.—MEGALOPS. Zi scaly process above ventral, 20-22 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, blackish or bluish on the back; dorsal, and sometimes also anal, with ablackish distal spot. Fig. 18.. Elops lacerta.Congo (A. M. C). h Total length 560 miiliin. Ascending rivers of West Africa. — Type, in Paris Museum, examined.1-4. Hgr. & yg. St. Louis, Senegal. 5-6. Ad. Gambia. 7. Skel. 8. H<T. Benito lUver. 9. Yg. Gaboon.10. Ad. Banana, Congo. M. P. Delhez (C). J. S. Biulgett, Esq. ((J.). G. L. Bates, Esq. (C.). M. P. Delhez (C). 2. MEGALOPS.Lacep. Hist. Poiss. v. p. 289 (1803) ; Giintli. Cat. Fisb. vii. p. 471 (18G8) 5 Bleek. Atl- Iclith. vi. p. 85 (1872).Tarpon, Jord. & Everni. Fish. N. Amer. i. p. 409 (189(3). Body moderately elongate, strongly compressed. Scales large, thick ;lateral line straight, with branched tubes. Mouth very large, thepra^maxillary and maxillary with bands of small villiform teeth ; similarteeth on the vomer, palatines, pterygoids, and tongue. Dorsal fininserted above or a little behind the ventrals, a little longer than theanal, its last ray more or less produced. V