Fishes of the Characinid Genus Alestes. 
and first of anal or a little nearer the 
latter 
A. 20-25; gill-rakers 20-25 on lower 
part of anterior arch ; dorsal origi- 
CD 
age just behind vertical of last 
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2. Sq. ae PA cosh adsiebs reo « 
II. Sq. 22-32 = pEae 
A. Meese aceriueabaye ventrals. 
1. A, 15-17; gill-rakers 16-18 on 
lower part of anterior arch. 
Sq. 27-31 a 
Sq. 
Ce 
2. A. 18-19. 
30-32 ne ; depth of body 4 times in 
total length ; gill-rakers 18-20 on 
lower part of the anterior arch .... 
29-30 5 oe ; depth of body 23 to 3 times 
in fetal ie th; gill-rakers 15-18. 
27-29 2) depth of body 3 to 33 des 
in total length; gill-rakers 18 oo 8 
8, A. 21-94 ; Sq. 24-28 2 = ; gill- 
rakers 13- 14 on (ower part of 
AMPOLIOTMARCME Ns .Po cs ae Ael os. 
B. Dorsal originating above or a 
little behind vertical of last 
ray of veutrals; a little nearer 
caudal fin than end of snout. 
ils 4s 19-22; Sq. 23-27. 
, 25-27 33 eye as long as postorbital 
part of head ; gill-rakers 15 on lower 
part OE anterior arch 
. 25-26 a eye shorter than postor- 
pte part of head; gill-rakers 18-20, 
ORS a eye shorter than postorbital 
aa of head ; gill-rakers 25 
2. A. 15-18. 
A. 17-18; Sq. 23-26 Ai 8 gill-rakers 17— 
18 on lower part of anterior arch . 
A, 15-17; Sq. 27-29 2; gill-rakers 29-96, 
33" 
A, 15-16; Sq. 23-24 &; gill-rakers 16-17. 
C. Dorsal far ‘palin vertical of ven- 
trals, originating much nearer 
caudal fin than end of snout. 
A, 15-17 ; Sq. 22-24 
: i 
A. 18-14; Sq. 24-27 Fe 
Sq. 
Sq. 
Sq. 
Ce ee 
3. A. baremose, Joannis. 
10. 
pte 
A, 
A, 
. dentex, L. 
Stuhlmanni, Pfeff. 
. nurse, Rupp. 
vale 
embert, Ptrs. 
. lateralis, Blgy. 
. senegalensis, Stdr. 
Lemairit, Blgy. 
. longipinnis, Gthr. 
: is 
. Chapert, Sauy. 
. affinis, Gthr. 
. teniurus, Gthr. 
. Fuchsi, Blgr. 
. bimaculatus, Bler. 
. Kingsleye, Gthr. 
487 
. macrolepidotus, C. & V. 
. grandisquamis, Bley. 
