520 



Ami ah of /}/< Sonfh African Museum. 



jaw. Depth of body 2f times in total length excluding caudal, length 

 of head 2| times. Head 2^ times as long as broad, upper profile 

 slightly concave ; lower jaw slightly projecting beyond upper ; snout 

 obtusely pointed, slightly longer than broad, shorter than postocular 

 part of head ; eye 4-| times in length of head, equal to interorbital 

 width or preorbital depth ; mouth very protractile, extending to below 

 anterior border of eye ; premaxillary processes very long, extending 

 to between the eyes ; 6 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly 

 part a little greater than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, posterior 

 T-shaped, 11 on lower part of anterior arch. 



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FIG. 140. Paratilapia longimanus. Typo. i. 



Dorsal xv 13 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which is f 

 length of head ; longest soft rays ~ length of head. Pectoral nearly 

 as long as head, reaching beyond vertical of origin of anal. Ventral 

 scarcely reaching anal. Anal iii 10 ; 3rd spine -J- length of head. 

 Caudal rounded ; caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales not or but 

 very indistinctly denticulate, 34 ; lateral lines ff. 



Colour (of preserved specimen), olive-brown, yellowish beneath, 

 with ill-defined or irregular darker cross-bands ; vertical fins brown, 

 with round darker spots ; pectorals dark olive ; a dark opercular 

 spot. 



One specimen, 143 mm. in length, from Victoria Falls, Zambesi 

 Eiver (Gr. Arnold). Bulawayo Museum. 



One specimen, 245 mm. in length, from the same locality, received 

 from Mr. F. W. Sykes, apparently belongs to this species, but the 

 condition of the fish is too unsatisfactory for determination, 



