Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . orbital 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 ?§ length ofhead. Anal III 12-14. Pectoral f to f length of head, not reachingventral. Caudal forked, with rounded lobes. Caudal peduncle a littlelonger than deep. Scales with radiating and anastomosing canals, — 4— 2 (-29 yf, 2 between lateral line and roo
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . orbital 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 ?§ length ofhead. Anal III 12-14. Pectoral f to f length of head, not reachingventral. Caudal forked, with rounded lobes. Caudal peduncle a littlelonger than deep. Scales with radiating and anastomosing canals, — 4— 2 (-29 yf, 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 last rays of dorsal, the second atbase of caudal. Total length 140 millim. Upper Congo.—Types in Congo Museum. Types. Kutu, Lake Leopold II. M. P. Delhez (0.). 18. ALESTES T^ Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xx. 1867, p. 113 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo,p. 156 (1901) ; Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Philom. (9) ix. 1907, p. 22, fig. Fig.
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