212 



citakactxid.t:. 



length of head ; maxillary not quite extending to below anterior border 

 of eye; 16 teeth (-g) in upper jaw, 10 (j) in lower; length of lower 

 border of second suborbital equalling diameter of eye. Gill-rakers 

 moderately long, 20 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal II 7, 

 originating above base of ventruls and at equal distance from anterior 

 border of eye and from root of caudal, longest ray as long as head. 

 Anal 111 14. Pectoral a little shorter than head, nearly reaching 

 ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal ped\uicle twice as long as deep. 

 Scales without anastomosing canals, 30 gl, 2 between lateral line and 

 root of ventral. Olive above, silvery beneath ; a black spot on caudal 

 peduncle, extending on median rays of caudal. 



Total length 70 millim. 



Quanza River, Angola. 

 1. Type. Quanza River. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C ). 



16. ALESTES KINGSLEY^. 



Giintb. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (0) xvii. 1896, p. 270, pi. xv. fig. B. 



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

 3^ to 3| times. Head 1| to 2 times as long as broad, a little longer 



Fig. loO. 



Alesies TcingsJencp. 

 Type. 



than 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 

 scarcely distinct; interorbital region feebly convex, its width 2| to 

 2\ times in length of head ; maxillary not extending quite to below 

 anterior border of eye; 16 teeth (|) in upper jaw, 10 (|) in lower; 



