226 



CHAEACINIDyE. 



times in length of head ; maxillary extending to below anterior border 

 of eye; 16 teeth (|) in upper jaw, 10 (|) in lower. Gill-rakers short, 

 12 or 13 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal II 8, originating above 

 base of ventrals, at equal distance from tip of snout and from caudal, 

 longest ray about f length of head. Anal III 15-lG. Pectoral | or f 

 length of head. Caudal forked, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 

 as long as deep. Scales 22-24 l|, 2 between lateral line and root of 

 ventral. Brownish above, white beneath, with a silvery lateral band. 



Total length 75 millim. 



Upper Congo (Lindi River). — Types in Brussels Museum. 



Fig. 169. 





1-4. Types. 



Micralestes stormsi. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1902). 



Lindi H. 



M. M. Storms (C.) ; 

 Brussels Museum (P.). 



3. ]\IICRALESTES IIUMILIS. 

 Boulcng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 87, pi. xxxvi. fig. 4 (1899), and Poiss. 

 Bass. Congo, p. IGl (1901). 

 Depth of body equal to or slightly greater than length of head, 3^- to 

 4 times in total length. Head twice as long as broad, longer than deep ; 

 snout a little shorter than eye, which is 2J to 2§ times in length of head 

 and nearly equals interorbital width ; maxillary extending nearly to 

 below anterior border of eye ; 14 teeth (g) in upper jaAv, 10 ( .^) in lower. 

 Gill-rakers short, 14-15 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal II 8, 

 originating immediately behind vertical of base of ventrals, a little 

 nearer caudal than end of snout, longest ray f length of head. Anal 

 III 16-19. Pectoral a little shorter than head, reaching or nearly 

 reaching base of ventral. Caudal deeply forked, lobes pointed. Caudal 



