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Order: Lepidosireniformes
Family: Lepidosirenidae
Species: Protopterus annectens  
Cat No: NRM 39223. N=4
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: Three large decapitated specimens, estimated to have been about 400-600 mm TL, and one small specimen (about 200 mm TL) with top of head removed. Found in jar with NRM 36045 and NRM 36046, and the erroneous labels ('Lithognathus lithognathus' and '14' [referring to jar and lid number; scratched into glass].
Locality remarks: No labels. May be from Svensson's 1931 or Johnels' 1950 expeditions.

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