The Freshwater Fishes of South Africa. 521 



2. PARATILAPIA ARNOLDI, n. sp. 



Teeth, an outer row of sharp conical teeth, 60 on upper jaw, followed 

 by 2 rows of small teeth. Depth of body equals length of head and is 

 about 3 times in total length excluding caudal. Head a little more 

 than twice as long as broad ; snout with straight upper profile, a little 

 longer than broad, a little shorter than postocular part of head ; eye 4 

 times in length of head, 1 -1- times interorlutal width, about equal to 

 least depth of preorbital ; premaxillary processes long, extending to 

 between the eyes ; lips thick ; mouth about f width of head, reaching 

 to between nostril and eye ; 5 series of scales on the cheek, depth of 

 scaly part 1| times diameter of eye. Grill-rakers short, stout, 10 on 

 lower part of anterior arch. 



Dorsal xiv 11 ; last spine longest, a little more than length of 

 head ; longest soft rays T 7 ^ length of head. Pectoral f length of head, 

 reaching to vent. Ventral ^ length of head, reaching to vent. Anal 

 iii 7 ; 3rd spine slightly shorter than longest dorsal spine. Caudal 

 truncate; caudal peduncle 1| times as long as deep. Scales cycloid, 

 31^ ; lateral lines -f^. 



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

 beneath, about 7 imlistiuct cross-bars; a dark opercular spot; soft 

 dorsal and caudal with light and dark spots in rows ; outer rays of 

 ventral dark ; a dark brown bar from lower anterior angle of eye to 

 angle of mouth and continued beneath ; chin black, a dark blotch on 

 occiput above upper posterior angle of each eye. 



One specimen, 95 mm. in length, from Mazoe River, Rhodesia (Mr. 

 Gr. Arnold). 



3. PARATILAPIA ELLENBERGERI, n. sp. 



Teeth in 2 rows, about 60 in outer series on upper jaw. Depth of 

 body 2f to 3 times in total length excluding caudal, length of head 

 2f to 3 times. Head twice as long as broad, with straight or slightly 

 concave upper profile ; snout as long as broad, pointed, f to f length 

 of postocular part of head ; eye 4| to 5^ times in length of head, 

 equal to or a little less than interorbital width, a little greater than 

 preorbital depth ; mouth f to f width of head, extending to anterior 

 margin of eye, very protractile; lower jaw projecting; premaxillary 

 processes long, extending to between the eyes ; 8 to 9 series of scales 

 on the cheek, depth of scaly part 1^ to If diameter of eye. Gill- 

 rakers short, 11 to 12 on lower part of anterior arch. 



