198 



chakacinh^e. 



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

 blackish. 



Total length 460 millim. 



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



Miss Kingsley (C). 

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



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



Ruwenzori Expedition. 

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



Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 



» 



1. Type. 



Gaboon. 



2. Ad. 



Tulagouga, Ogowe. 



3. Ad. 



Ja River (Congo System), 





S. Cameroon. 



4. Ad. 



Ituri River (Aruwimi), 





near Iruma. 



5. Ad. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



6. Ad. 



Kalambo, Lake Tanganyika 



7. Ad. 



Ivituta, „ 



8-9. Hgr. 



Mtondwe Baj-, L. Tangan- 





j-ika. 



10-12. Ad. & hgr. 



Niamkolo, L. Tanganyika. 



13. Skel. 



J? 5> 



14. Skin. 



Lake Mweru. 



15. Hgr. 



5) 



16-17. Hgr. 



Lake Bangwelu. 



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. 149. 



^S^^mg 



Alestes liebreclitsii. 

 Type (A. M. C). j. 



Depth of body 3J 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, Avhich is lateral and 3-|r times in length of head ; 



