Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . Tanganyika. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 2. Type. Nyamkolo. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 3. Type. Mfcondwe Bay. „4-5. Types. Lofu. „ 220 CHARACIMDJE. 23. ALESTES GRANDISQUAMIS. Bouleug. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 85, pi. xxxv. fig. 3 (1899), and Poiss. , p. 159 (1901). Depth of body 3J to 4 times in total length, length of head of to 4-Jtimes. Head 1^ to 1|- times as long as broad, a little longer than deep,its width a little less than its length to occiput in the adult; snoutfeebly projecting beyond
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . Tanganyika. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 2. Type. Nyamkolo. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 3. Type. Mfcondwe Bay. „4-5. Types. Lofu. „ 220 CHARACIMDJE. 23. ALESTES GRANDISQUAMIS. Bouleug. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 85, pi. xxxv. fig. 3 (1899), and Poiss. , p. 159 (1901). Depth of body 3J to 4 times in total length, length of head of to 4-Jtimes. Head 1^ to 1|- times as long as broad, a little longer than deep,its width a little less than its length to occiput in the adult; snoutfeebly projecting beyond lower jaw, as long as or a little longer thaneye, which is infero-lateral and 3 to 4 times in length of head ; adiposeeyelid very feebly developed ; interorbital region feebly convex, f to flength of head ; maxillary far from reaching anterior border of eye ; 16or 18 (-g-.) teeth in upper jaw, 10 (gj in lower ; lower border of secondsuborbital as long as or a little longer than eye. Gill-rakers moderatelylong, 15-16 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal II 8, opposite Fig. Alestes (A. M. C.)*\ |. middle of space between ventrals and anal, much nearer caudal thanocciput, its longest ray § to § length of head. Anal III a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral. Caudal peduncle scarcely longer than deep. Scales with numerous 4* anastomosing canals, 23-27 ^tzti, 1 or 2 between lateral line and root of The adipose fin was inadvertently left out by the artist in the original figure. ALESTES. 221 ventral. Olive-brown above, silvery beneath, often tinged with pink ;a more or less distinct blackish blotch at base of caudal. Total length 260 millim. Congo, Lake Bangwelo.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. Typo. Lower Congo. M. F. Hens (C). 2. Type. Ibali, Lake Leopold IT. M. P. Delhez (C). .5. Yg- Bolobo, Upper Congo. Rev. G. Grenfell (P.). 4. Ad.* Mousembe, „ Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 5. Ad. Near Iruinu, Ituri R. R.
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