. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. W^& : ' i. FIG. 13.—Alestes imberi. long as head. Anal ii-iii 14-16. Pectoral nearly as long as head, not reaching ventral. Caudal forked; caudal peduncle 1 to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales with radiating and anastomosing canals, 23-25 |f, 2 between lateral line and base of ventral. 05 Colour (of preserved specimens), bright silvery, brownish on the back ; a dark spot on caudal peduncle, sometimes extending as a streak along median rays of caudal ; a fainter dark spot above lateral line behind
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. W^& : ' i. FIG. 13.—Alestes imberi. long as head. Anal ii-iii 14-16. Pectoral nearly as long as head, not reaching ventral. Caudal forked; caudal peduncle 1 to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales with radiating and anastomosing canals, 23-25 |f, 2 between lateral line and base of ventral. 05 Colour (of preserved specimens), bright silvery, brownish on the back ; a dark spot on caudal peduncle, sometimes extending as a streak along median rays of caudal ; a fainter dark spot above lateral line behind gill-openings. One specimen, 157 mm. in length from Bulawayo, Rhodesia. Two specimens 98 mm. 87 mm. in length respectively, from Umniati River, Rhodesia; Mr. Mennell. Bulawayo Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ]
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