Annals of the Smifli African 



Dorsal xiv-xv 12-13 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which 

 is about -!?- length of head ; longest soft rays | to f length of head. 

 Anal iii 8-9 ; 3rd spine about | length of head. Pectoral f to ^ 

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

 reaching vent or anal, or not so far. Caudal rounded-subtruncate. 

 Caudal peduncle as long as deep or a little deeper than long. Scales 

 cycloid or indistinctly denticulate, 33-34 JL . lateral lines 2 -- 23 . 



Brown to blackish above, yellowish or dark grey beneath ; vertical 

 fins olive-gi'ey or dark brown, with round dark or ocellar spots forming 

 single series between the rays ; pectorals greyish olive or blackish. 



Total length 220 millim. 



Lake Ngami Basin. Type lost." 



13. PARATILAPTA MELLANDI, Blgr. 



Bouleng., Ann. and Mag, Nat. Hist. (7), xvi, 1905, p. G4fi, and 

 Freshw. Fish. Africa, iii, p. 358, fig. 243 (1915). 



FIG. 151. Paratitapia mellandi. Type. . 



Teeth in three or four series, outer largest, 36-50 in upper jaw- 

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

 of head 2-f- to 3 times. Head a little more than twice as long as broad ; 

 snout obtusely pointed, with straight upper profile, as long as broad, 

 as long as or slightly less than postocular part of head, 1^ to 1-| times 



