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Alestes Kingsleyæ, sp.n. (Pl. II. fig. B.)

D. 10.A. 15-16.L. lat. 23-24.L. transv. 4/3 1/2.

The height of the body is one-third of the total length (without caudal), the length of the head one-fourth. Eye two-sevenths of the length of the head, equal to that of the snout, but less than the width of the interorbital space. Origin of the dorsal fin a little behind that of the ventrals. None of the fin-rays elongate. A deep black band commences abruptly in the middle of the tail, opposite to the origin of the anal fin, and runs to the end of the central caudal rays; it is broader at its commencement than at its end. A more or less distinct dark spot above the commencement of the lateral line.

millim.
Total length	115
Total„ length„ without caudal	95
Length of the head	26
Diameter of the eye	8

Ogowé River.

Sarcodaces odoë, Bl.

Old Calabar; Ogowé River.

Distichodus notospilus.

• Distichodus notospilus, Günth. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1867, xx. p. 114.

Lambarene.

Xenocharax spilurus.

• Xenocharax spilurus, Günth. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1867, xx. p. 113, pl. ii. fig. B.

Talagouga.

Mormyrus zanclirostris

.

• Mormyrus zanclirostris, Günth, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1867, xx. p. 114, pl. ii. fig. B.

Common at Talagouga.

Mormyrus microcephalus.

• Mormyrus microcephalus, Günth, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1867, xx.

p. 114.

Common at Talagouga.