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38812

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Order: Lepidosireniformes
Family: Lepidosirenidae
Species: Protopterus annectens  
Cat No: NRM 38812. N=5
Determiner: Silfvergrip, AMC 1997
Length:
Preparation: Liquid
Continent/Ocean: Africa
Country: GAMBIA State/Province: MacCarthy Island Div
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin:
Ocean:
Locality: Gambia River drainage: probably McCarthy Island area or Bansang area
Field Number: SVE/GAM
Leg: Svensson et al or Johnels
Date: 1931 or 1950

Object remarks: No data. 1 small (0.3 m) and 3 large (0.5-1 m) decapitated specimens, and 1 head (0.5 m); all lengths within parentheses are estimated total lengths. Apparently from the Zootomical Institute, Stockholm University (and then from any of the Swedish Gambia expeditions 1931 or 1950) as deduced from the jar type with round glass knob.
Locality remarks: No labels. May be from Svensson's 1931 or Johnels' 1950 expeditions.

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