Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . ween the rays; ventrals and caudal Total length 176 millim. Cameroon, Gaboon, Congo. 1, 2-3, 4-8. Ad. Kribi Hi, S. Cameroon. & Types. 13. Skel. 14. Ad. 15. Hgr. 19. Hgr. 20. Ad. Ja R. (Congo System).Boma, Lower Pool. Coquilhatville, Upper , Lake Leopold II., U. , Upper R., „ Uerre R.,Aruwimi R., lateral line ; dorsal oftensometimes partly black. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). J. J. Monteiro, Esq. (C).M. A. Greshoff (C).M. P. Del
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . ween the rays; ventrals and caudal Total length 176 millim. Cameroon, Gaboon, Congo. 1, 2-3, 4-8. Ad. Kribi Hi, S. Cameroon. & Types. 13. Skel. 14. Ad. 15. Hgr. 19. Hgr. 20. Ad. Ja R. (Congo System).Boma, Lower Pool. Coquilhatville, Upper , Lake Leopold II., U. , Upper R., „ Uerre R.,Aruwimi R., lateral line ; dorsal oftensometimes partly black. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). J. J. Monteiro, Esq. (C).M. A. Greshoff (C).M. P. Delhez (C). i)Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.).M. M. Storms (C.) ; Brussels Museum (E.).M. De Bauw (C).R. B. Woosnam, Esq. (C); Ruwenzori Expedition. 2. BRYCON^THIOPS YSEUXI. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 82, pi. xxxvii. fig. 2, and Poiss. Bass. Congo,p. 147 (1901). Depth of body 2f times in total length, length of head nearly 4 as long as deep, once and -f as long as broad; snout shorter thaneye, which is 3 times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; Fig. 145. Biyconcelhiops (A. M. C). 4. adipose eyelid much developed ; maxillary extending to below anteriorborder of eye ; teeth as in the preceding. Gill-rakers short, 12 on lowerpart of anterior arch. Dorsal II 8, at equal distance from end of snoutand from adipose fin, its fourth ray above first of ventral; some of the rays 190 CHAEACINID/E. much produced, the longest more than half total length. Anal III as long as ventral. Caudal forked, with pointed lobes. Caudalpeduncle a little longer than deep. Scales 38 jj, 3 between lateral lineand root of ventral. Brownish above, yellowish beneath ; extremity ofdorsal and ventral and edge of anal and caudal blackish. Total length 80 millim. Upper Type. Upper Congo. Brussels University. 4. ALESTES. Myletes, part., Cuv. Mem. Mus. iv. 1818, p. 444. Alestes, part., Mull. & Trosch. Hor. Ichthyol. i. p. 12 (1846). Alestes, Cuv. & Val. Hist
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