Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . times aslong as deep. Scales with radiating and arborescent or anastomosingcanals, 24-25 gf, 2 between lateral line and root of ventral. Silvery, backbrownish ; a more or less distinct dark spot behind the head, above thelateral line, and a black band on the side of the caudal part of thebody, extending on the middle caudal rays. Total length 100 millim. Ogowe River, Congo. 1-4. Types. Ogowe. Miss Kingsley (C). 5- Hgr. Onibrokim, Ogowe. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). ^-7. Yg. Kondiie, Lower Congo. M. Lnja ((.!.)
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . times aslong as deep. Scales with radiating and arborescent or anastomosingcanals, 24-25 gf, 2 between lateral line and root of ventral. Silvery, backbrownish ; a more or less distinct dark spot behind the head, above thelateral line, and a black band on the side of the caudal part of thebody, extending on the middle caudal rays. Total length 100 millim. Ogowe River, Congo. 1-4. Types. Ogowe. Miss Kingsley (C). 5- Hgr. Onibrokim, Ogowe. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). ^-7. Yg. Kondiie, Lower Congo. M. Lnja ((.!.). 17. ALESTES BIMACULATUS. Bouleiig. Ann. Mus. Cougo, Zool. i. p. 85, pi. xxxvi. fig. 3 (1«99), and Poiss. , p. 157 (1901). Depth of body 3^ to 3| times in total length, length of head 3 J to3f limes. Head twice as long as broad, a little longer thnn deep; Fig. Alestes himaculaius,Type(A. M. C). f snout as long as or a little shorter than eye, which is lateral and 3 to3^ times in length of head ; no adipose eyelid ; interorbital region feeblyconvex, 2 to 2\ times in length of head ; maxillary not reaching anterior 214 border of eye; 16 teeth {-^) in upper jaw, 10 (77) in lower; lowerborder of second suborbital a little longer than eye. Gill-rakers longand slender, a little shorter than gill-filaments, 22-26 on lower partof anterior arch. Dorsal II 8, originating immediately behind vertical ofbase of ventral, nearer caudal than end of snout, longest ray f length ofliead. Anal III 12-14. Pectoral | to | length of head, not reachingventral. Caudal forked, with rounded lobes. Caudal peduncle a littlelonger than deep. Scales with radiating and anastomosing canals, — 4- 27-29 .-Ti, 2 between lateral line and root of caudal. Dark greenabove, silvery beneath; two large round black spots on each side,the first between lateral line and
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