The Frt:t/in;il,T /<Y7/ *> <>f South Africa. 513 



width; mouth with thick lips, extending to between nostril and eye ; 

 scales on cheek in 2 series, width of scaly part equals diameter of 

 eye. Gill-rakers short, 25 on lower part of anterior arch. 



Dorsal xvi "13 ; spines strong, increasing in length to the last, 

 which is -J length of head ; longest soft rays a little shorter than 

 head. Pectoral longer than head, reaching slightly beyond origin of 

 anal. Ventral reaching anal. Anal iii 11 ; 3rd spine a little shorter 

 than last dorsal spine. Caudal truncate ? (broken in specimen) , 

 caudal peduncle 1?- as deep as long. Scales not denticulate, 33 T ^ ; 

 lateral lines \\. 



Colour (of preserved specimen), dark olive brown above, yellowish 

 below, scales with dark centre; a black opercular spot; dorsal and 

 anal with dark spots or streaks, outer f of soft dorsal light-coloui'ed ; 

 outer rays of ventral blackish ; gular and pectoral regions blackish. 



One specimen, 279 mm. in length, from Bulawayo Museum. 



The above specimen does not o L uite agree with Dr. Boulenger's des- 

 cription of P. andersonii, as there are only 2 series of scales on the cheek, 

 the suout appears to be proportionately shorter and the eye smaller. 



HAPLOCHEOMIS. 



is, Pfeff., Sitzb. Ges. iiaturf. Fr. Berlin, 1888, p. 76; 

 Bouleug., Fishes Nile, p. 495 (1907), and Freshw. Fish. Afr., iii, 

 p. 284 (1915). 



Ctenockromis, part., Pfeff., Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst., x, 1893, 

 p. 149, and Thierw. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 14 (1896). 



Pnr<it!/i<i>ia, part., Bouleug., Proc. Zool. Soe., 1898, p. 137, and Poiss. 

 Bass. Congo, p. 412 (1901). 



Tilapia, part., Bouleug. Proc. 2ool. Soc., 1899, p. 105, and Poiss. 

 Bass. Congo, p. 452. 



Astatotilapia, Pellegr., Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi, 1904, p. 299. 



Astatoreochromis, Pellegr., t.c., p. 384. 



" Body short or moderately elongate; scales ctenoid ; two incomplete 

 lateral lines. Teeth in two or more series, the outer conical or 

 bicuspid, the inner usually tricuspid ; maxillary bone exposed at the 

 end when the mouth is closed. Dorsal fin with 13 to 19 spines, anal 

 with 3 to 6. Vertebrae 28-32. 



Africa and Syria. 



Under this genus are grouped a number of allied species which vary 

 to such an extent in their deiuiiioii that some specimens might be 

 referred to Til<nr<i and others to Paratilapia." 



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