540 Annals of the Soufh African Museum. 



width of scaly part 2 times diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 

 T-shaped near the angle, 11 to 12 on lower part of anterior arch. 



Dorsal xv 15 ; spines weak, increasing in length to the last, which 

 measures length of head ; longest soft rays length of head. 

 Pectoral nearly '^ length of head, not reaching vent. Ventral reaches 

 to anal. Anal iii 11 ; 3rd spine nearly as long as longest dorsal spine. 

 Caudal truncate ; caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales feebly 

 denticulate, 35 jj ; lateral lines yj- . 



Colour (of preserved specimen) dark olive-brown above, lighter 

 beneath ; scales on the body especially those below the median line 

 with a light rim on outer edge and all scales with a dark bar at 

 base ; dorsal fin dark-coloured, almost black, with a white outer edge 

 especially on the soft rays ; anal dark, with dark and light spots and 

 with a greenish-yellow margin ; caudal dark, with light tips to the 

 somewhat rounded lobes ; pectorals pale brown with a light margin ; 

 ventral dark with a light tip. 



One specimen. 350 mm. in length, from Lake N garni District (Mr. 

 If. F. Kirkham). 



HEMICHKOMIS. 



Hem u-Ji minis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac., 1857, p. 403; Gfinth., Cat. 

 Fish., iv, p. 274, part. (1862) ; Bouleng., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1898, p. 134, 

 Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 409 (1901), Fish. Nile, p. 467 (1907), and 

 Freshw. Fish. Africa, iii, p. 427 (1915) ; Pellegr., Mem. Soc. Zool. 

 France, xvi, 1904, p. 252. 



Ghromichtkys, Guichen., in A. Dum. Arch. Mus., x, 1859, p. 257. 



" Body short or moderately elongate ; scales cycloid or very feebly 

 denticulate ; two incomplete lateral lines. Teeth conical, in one 

 series, or with one, very rarely two, series of a few very small teeth 

 behind the outer ; the two median teeth of the outer series usually 

 larger than the others. Maxillary bone narrow and curved behind, 

 concealed when the mouth is closed. Dorsal with 13 to 15 spines, 

 anal with 3. Occipital and parietal ci-ests strong, extending to 

 between the orbits ; premaxillary processes extending to between 

 the orbits. Vertebrae 26-28. 



Africa." 



HEMICHROMIS FASCIATUS, Peters. 



Hemichromis fa,Kciutvis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac., 1857, p. 403 ; Giinth., 

 Cat. Fish., iv, p. 274 (1862) ; Bleek., Nat. Verh. Vet. Haarlem, xviii, 



