Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . Congo, Zool. i. p. 130, pi. xlviii. fin- 2 (1000), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 153 (1901).Alestes natalensis, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xiv. 1904, p. 155. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3f to 4^ times in total twice as long as broad, a little longer than deep ; snout shorterthan eye, which is lateral and 3 times in length of head; adipose eyelid ALESTES. 205 feebly developed; interorbital region moderately convex, its width3 times in length of head ; maxillary not reaching to belo
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . Congo, Zool. i. p. 130, pi. xlviii. fin- 2 (1000), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 153 (1901).Alestes natalensis, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xiv. 1904, p. 155. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3f to 4^ times in total twice as long as broad, a little longer than deep ; snout shorterthan eye, which is lateral and 3 times in length of head; adipose eyelid ALESTES. 205 feebly developed; interorbital region moderately convex, its width3 times in length of head ; maxillary not reaching to below anteriorborder of eye ; 16 teeth (|) in upper jaw, 10 (|) in lower; lower borderof second suborbital as long as eye. Gill-rakers long and slender,20-27 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal II-III 8, originatingabove base of ventrals, at equal distance from end of snout and fromcaudal, longest ray nearly as long as head. Anal IlI-IV f length of head, not reaching ventral. Caudal deeply peduncle IJ to If times as long as deep. Scales without Fig. Alcbtes (A. M. C). f arborescent or anastomosing canals, 30-33 :^|, 2 between lateral line androot of ventral. Silvery, darker on the back ; a blackish lateral band,extending to median rays of caudal. Total length 120 millim. Katanga (Lake Dilolo), Zambesi, Zululand, Natal.—Types in CongoMuseum, Tervueren. 1. One of the types. Lake Dilolo, Katanga. Katue R., Upper , •2-t. Ad., type ofA, itataJerisis Capt. Lpmaire (C). T. Codrinoton, Esq. (P.). Dr. E. Warren (P.). J. F. Quekett, Escp (P.). 12. ALESTES nurse, Riipp. Fortsetz. Beschr. Fische Nil, p. 12, pi. ii. fig. 3 (1832).Myletes guile, Joannis, Mag. Zool. 1835, iii. pi. nurse, Miill. & Troscli. Hor. Iclithyol. i. p. 13 (1815) ; Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xxii. p. 188 (1819) ; Giinth. Pethericks Trav. ii. p. 343 (1869) ; Steind. Sit/1). Ak. Wien, Ixi. i. 1
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