182 



ADDENDA, VOL. I. 



quite to below anterior border of eye ; 18 (™) teeth in upper jaw, 10 (: 2 ) 

 in lower; lower border of second suborbital as long as eye. Gill- 

 rakers moderately long, 14 to 16 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 



II 8, originating just behind vertical of base of anal, at equal distance 

 from eye and from caudal ; longest ray shorter than head. Anal 



III 12-13. Pectoral f length of head, not reaching ventral. Caudal 

 forked, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales 



between lateral line and ventral. 



with radiating canals, 25-26 gf 



H 



Fig. 116. 



Alesies rut Has. 

 Type. 



Silvery, back olive-brown ; eye, dorsal, and a large blotch on ventral 

 and on each lobe of caudal bright vermilion ; middle rays of caudal 

 blackish. 



Total length 110 millim. 



Sierra Leone. 

 1-2. Types. N. Sherbo district. N. W. Thomas, Esq. (P.). 



Distinguished from A. kingsleyce chiefly by the more posterior position 

 of the dorsal fin. 



Add :— 



13-14. Ad. 

 15, 16. Ad. 



19. ALESTES OPISTHOT^INIA, Blgr. 



Ja R. at Bitye. 



Nyong R. at Akonolinga. 



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



20 a. ALESTES SOHOUTEDEKI. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. 3, p. 7, pi. xviii. fig. 1 (1912). 



Depth of body 3J to 3f times in total length, length of head 4 to 4J 



