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5. PARATILAPIA ANGTJSTICEPS, Blgr. 



? Chromys levaillantii, Casteln., Mrin. Poiss. Afr. Austr., p. 16, 

 (1861). 



Paratilapia angusticeps, Bouleng., Ann. and Map, 1 . Nat . Hist. (7), 

 xx, 1907, p. 108, Trans. Zool. Soc., xviii, 1911, p. 414, pi. xlii, and 

 Freshw. Fisli. Africa, iii, p. 320, figs. 213 and 214 (1915). 



Paratilapia Jcafuensis, Bouleng., Ann. and Mag. Nat-. Hist. (8), ii, 

 1908, p. 494. 



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Teeth small, in 3 or 4 series, 60 to 80 in outer series of upper 

 jaw. Depth of body 2|- to 3^ times in total length excluding caudal, 

 length of head 2^ to 3 times. Head strongly compressed, 2^ (young) 

 to 2^ times as long as broad, with concave upper profile ; lower jaw 

 projecting ; snout pointed, 1-^ to \\ as long as broad, shorter than 

 postocular part of head ; eye 4^ to 7 times in length of head, equal 

 to or a little less than interorbital width or least depth of preorbital ; 

 mouth very protractile, extending to below anterior border of eye ; 

 preniaxillary processes long, extending to between the eyes ; 7 to 

 10 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part once to nearly 

 twice diameter of eye. Gill-rakers rather short, occasionally some of 

 the posterior ones bifid, 11 to 12 on lower part of anterior arch. 



Dorsal xiv-xvi 14-16 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which 

 measures | to \ length of head ; longest soft rays a little more or a 



