218 CIIARACINJD.E. 



Caudal deeply forked, lobes pointed, lower usually a little longer than 

 upper. Caudal peduncle 1 to IJ times as long as deep. .Scales \vith 

 numerous anastomosing canals, 22-26 ^i^. 1 or 2 between lateral line 

 and root of ventral. Brown or olive above, the scales with a darker 

 ed<'-e, silvery white or pinkish beneatli and on the cheeks ; a pink band 

 often extends along the side, from the cheek to above the anal tin ; 

 some specimens with interrupted dark brown bands along the sides; fins 

 pink or orange, the caudal often edged with grey and blackish. Young 

 usually with a blackish spot on each side of the caudal peduncle, and 

 another on the shoulder. 



Total length 420 millim. 



Upper Nile, Blue Nile, White Nile, Bahr-el-Gebel, Omo, Senegal, 

 Niger, Congo. — Ty[)e in Paris Mu<eum. 



1. Ad. Nile. Dr. Riippell (P.j. 



2. Ad. Koslieh, Ui)per Nile. L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



3. }]crr. Khartum. J. Petlierick, Esq. (C). 



4. Hgr. Wad Medine, Blue Nile. L. Loat, Esq. (C). 

 5-9, 10-11. Ad. Hosaiies, „ „ 



12. Skel. „ 55 j» 



13-15, 10-30. Ad., Gondokoro, Bahr-el-Gchel. „ 



hgi--, & yg. 



31. Ad. Fajao, Victoria Nile. J. S. Budgett, E^q. (P.). 



32-33. Hgr. & yg. Omo R. Prof. 0. Neumann (C). 



31. Ad. Cojeb R., Omo. Mr. P. C. Zajdiiro (0.) ; 



W.N. MeMiUan, Esq. (P.). 



35-36. Ad. dehba, Uj.per Niger. Dr. C. Christy (P.). 



37. Skel. „ 5, Capt. G. F. Ahadie (P.). 



38. Ad. .Mureji, „ J.S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 

 39-44. Yg. Aoberi, Lower Niger. Dr. \V. J. An.sorge (C). 

 45. Skel. Niger. 



46-47. Ad. Benue R., N. of Ibi. 11. L. Norton Traill, Esq. (C). 



48-53. H;rr. & yg. Old Calabar. Miss Kingsley (C). 



54. Yo". Leopoldviile, Congo. Drs. Dntton, Christy, it Todd 



(P.). 



22. ALESTES RllODOPLEURA. 

 Alcsles macrolepidotus (non C. &. V.), Bouleng. Tr. Zool. See. xv. 1898, p. 25. 

 Alestes macrolepidotus, part., Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Connro, p. 158 (1901). 

 AJestes rliodopleura, Bouleng, Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii 1906, p. 547, pi. xxx. iig. 3. 



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



