212 



CIIARACIXID.E. 



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



Q Q 



of eye ; 16 teeth ( g^) in upper jaw, 10 ( g-) 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 ventrals and at equal distance from anterior 

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

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

 ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. 

 Scales ^^ithout anastomosing canals, 30 ^, 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. Qnanza River. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C ). 



16. ALESTES KINGSLEY^. 

 Glintli. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) xvii. 1896, p. 279, pi. xv. fig. B. 



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

 3-|- to 3f times. Head If to 2 times as long as broad, a little longer 



Fig. 159. 



Alestes Tcingsleyce. 

 Type. 



than deep; snout as long as or a little shorter than eye, which 

 is lateral and 3 to ^ 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; 



