CHARACINIDJE. ]S1 



III 15, pointed in the middle (male). Pectoral nearly as long as head, 

 reaching ventral. Caudal deeply forked, lobes pointed. Caudal 

 peduncle a little longer than deep. Scales with radiating and anasto- 



4- 



mosing canals, 26 gf, 2 between lateral line and ventral. Silvery, 

 brownish on the back, with a rather indistinct dark lateral band from 

 above the gill-cover to the root of the caudal fin; dorsal greyish, other 

 fins yellow. 



Total length 150 millim. 



Malawa River, Lake Victoria. 

 1. Type. Malawa R., Kavirondo, 4000 ft. Sir F. J. Jackson (P.). 



Allied to A. affinis, but gill-rakers and anal rays fewer and 4^ scales 



i 

 2- 



above lateral line instead of 5- 



14. ALESTES IMBERI, Peters. 



Steind. Denkschr. Ak. Wien, lxxxix. 1013, p. 15 ; Pappenh. in Schubotz, TViss. 

 Ergebn. Deutsch. Z.-Af'r. Exped., Zool. iii. p. 233 (1914). 



Add :— 



38-41. Ad. & hgr. Bumba R. at Assobam, G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



S. Cameroon. 

 42. Hgr. Kcndue, Kasai. M. E. Luja (C.) ; Luxem- 



burg Museum (P.). 

 43-45. Ad. L. Bangwelu. F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). 



Add:— 



16. ALESTES KINGSLEY^, Gfchr. 



8. Ad. Chiloango R. at Mayili. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



9-10. Hgr. Clnloango Town. „ 



11-13. Ad. & hgr. Luali R. (Clnloango) at Bueo 



Zau. 

 14-16. Hgr. & yg. Luali R. at Sassa Zau. „ 



17-18. Ad. Lebuzi R. (Chiloango) at 



Kuka Muno. 

 19-20. Ad. Luculla R. (Chiloango). 



16 a. ALESTES RUTILUS, sp. n. 

 Depth of body 3|- times in total length, length of head 4 times. 

 Head twice as long as broad, a little longer than deep ; snout as long as 

 or a little shorter than eye, which is lateral and 2f to 3 times in length 

 of head ; adipose eyelid feebly developed ; interorbital region feebly 

 convex, its width 2f times in length of head ; maxillary not extending 



