MALOPTEKUEUS. 



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than ventral, which is inserted midway between eye or gill-opening and 

 root of caudal, or a little nearer the latter. Caudal rounded. Grey, 

 brown, or bluish above, white beneath, usually dotted, spotted, or 

 blotched with black ; caudal fin darker behind, more or less broadly 

 bordered with orange or red ; anal also bordered with orange or red ; 

 pectoral and ventral fins yellowish, reddish, or bright red ; young with 

 a light ring round the caudal peduncle, a black bar at the base of the 

 caudal fin, and a crescentic black band on the posterior half of the fin. 



Total length 600 millim. (grows to 850). 



Nile and Tropical Africa (except Lake Victoria and .Rivers of East 

 Africa north of the Zambesi). 



