Tin 1 Frcxh irnti'r Fix/ir* f South Africa. 517 







equal iu front or lower slightly projecting ; maxillary extending to 

 below anterior border of eve ; 3 to 5 series of scales on the 

 cheek, width of scaly part nearly equal to or slightly greater than 

 diameter of eye. Gill-rakers very short, 8 to 10 on lower part of 

 anterior arch. 



Dorsal xiv-xvi (rarely xiii) 9-10 (rarely 8, 11, or 12) ; spines sub- 

 equal from 10th or increasing in length to the last, which is -f- to 

 -?- length of head; longest soft rays i to over f length of head. 

 Pectoral ~ to f length of head, not reaching vertical of origin of anal. 

 Ventral reaching vent, sometimes to origin of anal or beyond. Anal 

 iii-iv 7-10; 3rd spine as long as or a little shorter than last dorsal 

 spine. Caudal rounded ; caudal peduncle as long as or a little longer 

 than deep. Scales strongly denticulate, 27-33 ^ z ; lateral lines 



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Colour (of preserved specimens), brownish or olive, with or without 

 indistinct dark cross-bars, with an interrupted dark lateral band from 

 eve to root of caudal fin and in some a narrower band on upper lateral 

 line; a more or less distinct dark liar from eye to angle of mouth; 

 vertical fins with or without more or less distinct dark and light spots, 

 anal often with light ocelli and dorsal often black-edged. Some 

 specimens entirely dark brown. 



Three specimens, ranging 47-70 mm. in length, from Livingstone, 

 Rhodesia (A. Stevenson). 



One specimen, 56 mm. in length, from Little Olifants River, 

 Middleburg, Transvaal. 



Seven specimens, ranging from 36-51 mm. in length, from Pot- 

 chef strom, Transvaal. 



This species is also reported from the Northern border of the 

 Sahara and Syria to Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika, and German 

 East Africa. 



PARATILAPIA, Bleek. 



Paratilapia, Bleeker, Verh. Ak. Amsterd., ii, 1868, p. 307 ; Bouleng., 

 Proc. Zool. Soc., 1898, p. 137 (part.), Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 412 

 (1901), Fish. Nile, p. 466 (1907), and Freshw. Fish. Africa, iii, p. 308 

 (1915) ; Pellegr., Mt'm. Soc. Zool. France, xvi, 1904, p. 256. 



Paracara, Bleek., Versl. Ak. Amsterd., xii, 1878, p. 193. 



Ha{>l<>t;f,ii>ia. Hilgen-l., Sit/,1). Ges. nat, Fr. Berl., 188S, p. 77. 



Hemh'Iiruni;*, purl., PlolT., Thierw. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 19 (1896). 



Boulengerochromis, IVllegr.. MViu. Soc. Zool. France, xvi, 1904, 

 p. 304. 



