Th i 



/-'/W<rs (//' 



/ Afrii;i. 



525 



little loss than i length of head. Pectoral k to a little more than 

 4 length of head, not extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral 

 reaching vent or anal. Anal iii 10-13 ; 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 feebly denticulate in 



A 7 



the young, sometimes perfectly cycloid in the adult, 35-39 ^^ ; lateral 



lines gEg. 



Colour (of preserved specimens) : Females and young brownish 

 above, yellowish beneath, with dark brown spots and dots or marblings, 



FIG. 144. Paratilapia angusticeps, female. 



<>r with 7 or 8 indistinct dark bars on the body, sometimes with a 

 more or less distinct dark lateral stripe ; a blackish opercular spot ; 

 dorsal, anal and caudal fins with round or oval brown or blackish 

 spots. Males yellowish olive above, yellow beneath, each scale with 

 a dark brown bar or spot ; dorsal and anal sometimes edged with 

 yellow ; anal with light ocellar spots. 



Two specimens, 293 nini., 173 mm. in length respectively, from 

 Kafue River, Rhodesia. 



Two specimens, 74 nun., 69 mm. in length respectively, from Saw- 

 mills, Bulawayo, Rhodesia (F. D. McKean). 



One specimen, 229 mm. in length, from Victoria Falls, Zambesi 

 River (G. Arnold). Bulawayo .Museum, 



