Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . deep. Scales without anastomosingcanals, 39-45 -:—-=, 2 between lateral line and root of ventral. Silvery, 198 chakacinh^e. bluish or greenish on the back ; pectoral and ventral fius sometimesblackish. Total length 460 millim. Gaboon, Congo, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Mweru, Lake Bangwelu. Miss Kingsley (C).G. L. Bates, Esq. (CI). R. B. Woosnam, Esq. (C.) ; Ruwenzori J. E. S. Moore (C). Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). » 1. Type. Gaboon. 2. Ad. Tulagouga, Ogowe. 3. Ad. Ja River (Congo System), S. Camer
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . deep. Scales without anastomosingcanals, 39-45 -:—-=, 2 between lateral line and root of ventral. Silvery, 198 chakacinh^e. bluish or greenish on the back ; pectoral and ventral fius sometimesblackish. Total length 460 millim. Gaboon, Congo, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Mweru, Lake Bangwelu. Miss Kingsley (C).G. L. Bates, Esq. (CI). R. B. Woosnam, Esq. (C.) ; Ruwenzori J. E. S. Moore (C). Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). » 1. Type. Gaboon. 2. Ad. Tulagouga, Ogowe. 3. Ad. Ja River (Congo System), S. Cameroon. 4. Ad. Ituri River (Aruwimi), near Iruma. 5. Ad. Lake Tanganyika. 6. Ad. Kalambo, Lake Tanganyika 7. Ad. Ivituta, „ 8-9. Hgr. Mtondwe Baj-, L. Tangan- j-ika. 10-12. Ad. & hgr. Niamkolo, L. Tanganyika. 13. Skel. J? 5> 14. Skin. Lake Mweru. 15. Hgr. 5) 16-17. Hgr. Lake Bangwelu. Sir A. Sharpe (P.).Capt. Lemaire (C).F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). 4. ALESTES Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 29, pi. xv. (1898), and Poiss. Bass. Congo,p. 152 (1901). Fig. ^S^^mg Alestes (A. M. C). j. Depth of body 3J to 4 times in total length, length of head 4£ to 5times. Head 1| to 2 times as long as broad, a little longer than deep ;snout as long as eye, Avhich is lateral and 3-|r times in length of head ; ALESTES. 199 adipose eyelid well developed; interorbital region convex, 2 to 2§ timesin length of head; maxillary not extending to below anterior border ofeye; 14 teeth (§) in upper jaw, 10 (5) in lower. Gill-rakers shorterthan gill-lamellae, 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 III 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 gf, 2 between lateral line and root of ventral. Silvery, backolive ; scales of
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