198 



CllAEACIXlD.E. 



bluish or greenish on the back ; pectoral and ventral has sometimes 

 blackish. 



Total length 460 millim. 



Gaboon, Congo, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Mweru, Lake Bangwelu. 



Miss Kingsley (C). 

 G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



R. B. Woosnam, Esq. (C.) ; 



Ruwenzori Expedition. 

 Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 



Sir A. Sharpe (P.). 

 Capt. Lemaire (C). 

 F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). 



4. ALESTES LIEBRECHTSII. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 29, pi. xv. (1898), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, 

 p. 152 (1901). 



Fig. 1J9. 



Alestes liehrechtsii. 

 Type (A. M. C). j. 



Depth of body 3^ to 4 times in total length, length of head 4^ to 5 

 times. Head 1^ to 2 times as long as broad, a little longer than deep ; 

 snout as long as eye, which is lateral and 3-^- times in length of head ; 



