51 4 Annul* i>f l/ir tin/i/li African 



HAPLOCHKOMIS MOFFATI, Cast. 



Clin>i>ri/x Htuflati, Cast., Mem. Poiss. Ai'r. Ausl.r., p. 1G (18(11 ). 



Chroinis (Ctenochromis) phi/amler, M. Weber, Zool. . Jahrb. Syst., x, 

 1897, p 148. 



Paratilapia mojfati, Bouleng., Proc. Zuol. Soc., 1898, p. 1 to ; 

 Pellegr., Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi, 191)4, p. 259. 



Tilapia philander, Bouleug., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1899, p. 136 ; Pellegr., 

 t.c., p. 340. 



Haplochromis moffati, Bouleng., Fish. Nile, 504 (1907), Trans. Zool. 

 Soc., xviii, 1911, p. 415, and Freslnv. Fish. Africa, iii, p. 300, fig. '204 

 (1915) ; Schreitmiiller, Bl. Aq. Terr. K., xxiii, 1912, p. 724, fig. 



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FIG. 138. Haplochromis moffati. 



Teeth iu three or four scries, outer larger and conical or more or 

 less distinctly bicuspid, inner usually tncuspid, sometimes conical. 

 Depth of body equal to or a little less than length of head, which is 

 2 to 3 times in total length excluding caudal. Snout with straight 

 or slightly convex upper profile, longer than eye, which is 3^- to 

 4| times in length of head and equals or is slightly greater than 

 interorbital width ; maxillary extending to below nostril or between 

 nostril and eye ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, depth of 

 scaly part equal to or a little less or a little more than diameter of 

 eye. Gill-rakers short, 8 to 10 on lower part of anterior arch. 



Dorsal xiii-xiv (rarely xv) 9-11 ; spines subequal or increasing in 

 length posteriorly, the last $ t !v length of head ; longest soft rays 

 2 to length of head. Pectoral ? to ^ length of head, not reaching 



