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Origin of dorsal falling nearly midway between front margin of eye 

 and base of caudal, and third ray apparently longest, others graduated 

 down. Adipose dorsal inserted near last fourth in space between 

 origin of dorsal and base of caudal, and its length about f of orbit. 

 Anal inserted well behind base of dorsal or nearly midway between 

 origin of dorsal and base of caudal, and graduated from about fourth 

 ray, which is apparently longest. Caudal emarginate and lobes appar- 

 ently pointed. Pectoral long, reaching a little beyond ventral. "S'en- 

 tral inserted a little in front of dorsal, and reaching nearly | of space 

 to anal. 



Color in alcohol pale brownish, upper surface apparently scarcely 

 darker. Fins plain pale brownish, dorsal with a brownish blotch 

 basally, made up of specks, also one on anal, and ventrals dotted 

 brownish. A large dusky humeral blotch. Iris brassy. 



Length 4f inches (caudal damaged). 



Type, No. 8,150, A. N. S. P. Probably some part of West Africa. 

 A single example. 



( Erspo?, various; h::]?, scale.) 



Fig. 40. — Brachyalestes nurse ruppellii (Giinther). 



Brachyalestes nurse rUppellii (Gunther). Fig. 40. 



Alestes ruppellii Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1896 (February 4), p. 

 223. Lake Rudolf. Dr. A. D. Smith. 



Width of head 2^ in its length ; interorbital space 3^ in head measured 

 from tip of upper jaw Body well compressed and edges apparently 



