The Freshwater /'Yx//<>- nf South Africa. 



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than postocular part of head, and l times as long as eye, which is 

 4- times in length of la-ad and l\ times in interorbital width ; nioulli 

 oblique, width of head, lips well developed, maxillary reaching 

 vertical of anterior margin of eye ; 4 series of scales on cheek, 

 width of scaly part greater than diameter of eye. Grill-rakers short, 

 the largest T-shaped, 12 on lower part of anterior arch. 



Dorsal xv 12 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures 

 about f length of head and a little more than : longest soft rays. 



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. 147. Paratilapia carlottae. Type. 



Pectoral a little shorter than head, not extending to vertical of origin 

 of anal. Ventral reaching to branched rays of anal. Anal iii 10; 

 3rd spine a little shorter than last dorsal spine. Caudal rounded ; 

 caudal peduncle slightly deeper than long. Scales finely denticulate, 

 33^; lateral lines f^ 



Colour (of preserved specimen), light brown, darker above than 

 below ; an indistinct dark opercular spot ; dorsal, anal and caudal 

 with dark spots in irregular rows. 



One specimen, 105 mm. in length, from Zambesi Eiver. 



Type 111 South Afric.in Museum. 



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