Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . deep. Scales without anastomosing canals, 39-45 M, 2 between lateral line and root of ventral. Silvery,03 198 bluish or greenish on the back ; pectoral and ventral fins sometimesblackish. Total length 460 millim. Gaboon, Congo, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Mweru, Lake Bangwelii. 1. Type. Gaboon. 2. Ad. Tulagoiioa, Ogowe. Miss Kingslev (C). 3. Ad. Ja River ((ongo System), G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). S. Cameroon. 4. Ad. Ituri River (Aruwimi), R. B. Woosnam, Esq. (0.) ; near Irunia. Ruwenzori Expedition.
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . deep. Scales without anastomosing canals, 39-45 M, 2 between lateral line and root of ventral. Silvery,03 198 bluish or greenish on the back ; pectoral and ventral fins sometimesblackish. Total length 460 millim. Gaboon, Congo, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Mweru, Lake Bangwelii. 1. Type. Gaboon. 2. Ad. Tulagoiioa, Ogowe. Miss Kingslev (C). 3. Ad. Ja River ((ongo System), G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). S. Cameroon. 4. Ad. Ituri River (Aruwimi), R. B. Woosnam, Esq. (0.) ; near Irunia. Ruwenzori Expedition. Lake Tanganyika. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C).Kalambo, Lake Tanganyika. „ 5. Hgr. 10-12. Ad. & hgr. 13. Skel. 14. Skin. 15. Hot. Kituta, „ Mtondwe Bay, L. , L. Tanganyika. ?>?) 11 Lake Mweru. 11Lake Banowehi. Dr. AV. A. Cunnington (C). Sir A. Sharpe (P.).Capt. Lemaire (C).F. H. Melland, E,sq. (P.). 4. ALESTES LIEBRECHTSILBouleng. Ann. Mas. Congo, Zool. i. p. 29, pi. xv. (1898), and Poiss. Bass. Congo,p. 152 (1901). Fig. _j^5^- Alestes (A. M. C). ^. Depth of body i>\ to 4 times in total length, length of head 4^ to 5times. Head 11^ to 2 times as long as broad, a little longer than deep ;snout as long as eye, which is lateral and 3^ times in length of head ; ALESTES. y 199 adipose eyelid well developed ; interorbital region convex, 2 to 2f timesin length of head; maxillary not extending to below anterior border ofeye; 14 teeth (y) in npper jaw, 10 (g) in lower. Gill-rakers shorterthan gill-lamellgp, 17-20 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal III 8,originating above ventral, at equal distance from end of snout and fromcaudal, longest ray as long as head. Anal 111 15-16. Pectoral nearlyas long as head. Caudal forked, with long pointed lobes. Caudalpeduncle a little longer than deep. Scales without anastomosing canals,39-41 y?, 2 between lateral line and root of ventral. Silvery, backoliAe; scales of
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