202 CllARACmiD.E. 



snout than caudal, middle branched rays much produced (1^ to If times 

 as long as head) in males. Anal III 19-21. Pectoral shorter than 

 head, not reaching ventral ; latter produced into a long filament in 

 males. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. 

 Scales with radiating and arborescent or anastomosing canals, 33-35 .^, 

 2 between lateral line and ventral. Silvery ; a large black spot on the 

 caudal peduncle and on the median rays of the caudal ; latter yellow, 

 blackish at the end ; dorsal black and red in the male. 



Total length 85 millim. 



South Cameroon, Gaboon. 



1-3. Types. Kribi Kiver. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



4-5. Ad. „ 



G. Hgr. Ombrokua, Ogowe. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



9. ALESTES LONGIPINNIS. 

 Brachjalestes longipinnis^ Giinth. Cat. Fish. v. p. 3J5 (18G4). 

 Alestes longipinnis, Steind. Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. G4 ; Bouleng. Poiss. 



Bass. Congo, p. 150 (1901) ; Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Philom. (9) ix. 1907, p. 21. 

 Alestes longipinnis, part., Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, ii. p. 338. 



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Alestes lonfjipianis. 

 Type. 



Depth of body 2J to 3 times in total length, length of head 3|^ to 4 

 times. Head about twice as long as broad, as long as deep ; snout a 

 little shorter than eye, which is lateral and 2f to 3|- times in length of 

 head ; adipose eyelid scarcely developed ; interorbital region convex, its 



