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CIIAEACIXID.E. 



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

 upper. Caudal peduncle 1 to I5 times as long as deep. Scales Avith 



4— 



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

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

 edge, silvery white or pinkish beneath and on the cheeks ; a pink band 

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

 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. — Type in Paris Museum. 



22. ALESTES RHODOPLEURA. 

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

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

 Alestes rhodopleura, Bouleng, Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii 1906, p. 547, pi. xxx. fig. 3. 



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



