87-88. Hgr. 



89. Ad. 



90. Ad. 



91-92. y.^ 



ALESTES. 

 Gambia. 

 Jebba, Upper NiVer. 



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Sir A. Moloney (P.). 

 J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 

 Capt. G. F. Abadie (P.). 

 Dr. C. Christy (P.). 



a. ALEHTES MACROPHTHALMUS. 



Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xx. 18G7, p. lia ; Boulenger, Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 



1898, p. 25 ; Pellegr. Bull. Miis. Pari., 1900, p. 177 ; Boulenger, Poiss. Bass. 



Congo, p. 151 (1901). 



Depth of body 3^ to 4^ times in total length, length of head 4^ to 



5 times. Head 2 to 2^ times as long as broad, 1^ to 1^ as long as deep ; 



snout as long as or a little shorter than eye, which is lateral and 3 to 3^ 



times in length of head ; adipose eyelid well developed ; interorbital 



region convex, its width 3 to ol- times in length of head ; maxillary not 



Fiji. 148. 



^^fflS 



'-^I'^W^S.^ 



Alestcs inacrojthOmhnas, 

 Type. ^. 



extending to below anterior border of eye ; 14-18 (^) teeth in upper 



jaw, 10 (^) in lower ; lower border of second suborbital as long as eye. 



Gill-rakers long and slender, 17-20 on lower part of anterior arch. 



Dorsal II 8, originating above ventral, at equal distance from end of 



snout and from caudal, longest ray equal to or a little less than length 



of head. Anal III 17-20. Pectoral | to once length of head, not 



reaching ventral. Caudal forked, with long pointed lobes. Caudal 



peduncle IJ to l\ times as long as deep. Scales without anastomosing 



canals, 39-45 M, 2 between lateral line and root of ventral. Silvery, 

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