The Fi-i'*/iirtt/rr I 1 ' in/if* of South Africa. 



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No. 2, 1863, p. 38, pi. v, fig. 1 ; Steindr., Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ix, i, 1870, 

 p. 970, and Notes Leyd. Mus., xvi, 1894, p. 47; Sauv., N. Arch. 

 Mus. (2), iii, 1880, p. 35; Bouleiig., Pr..c. Zool. Soc., 1898, p. 135, 

 Poiss. Ba,ss. Congo, p. 409 (1901), and Freshw. Fish. Africa, iii, p. 428, 

 fig. 293 (1915) ; Pellegr., Mum. Soc. Zool. France, xvi, 1904, p. 253. 



ChromicJitJiys eloncjatus, Guichen. in A. Dum., Arch. Mus., x, 1859, 

 p. 257, pi. xxii, fig. 3. 



Hemichromis auritus, Grill, Proc. Ac. Philad., 1862, p. 135 ; Giinth., 

 t.c., p. 275. 



Hemichromis leiguardii, Capello, Jorn. Sc. Lisb., iv, 1872, p. 85. 



Hemichromis desyuezi, Rochebr., Bull. Soc. Pliilom. (7), iv, 1880, 

 p. 168, and Act. Soc. Linn. Bord., vi, 1882, p. 113, pi. v, fig 6.' 



FIG. 156. Hemichromis fasciatus. 



Teeth, middle outer ones enlarged and canine-like, with an inner 

 series of small teeth on upper jaw widely separated from the outer 

 ones. Depth of body about the same as length of head and 2-J times 

 in total length excluding caudal. Head twice as long as broad; snout 

 with straight upper profile, If times diameter of eye, ^vhich is 4| 

 times in length of head and 1| times in interorbital width ; lower 

 jaw projecting ; mouth not extending to below anterior border of eve ; 

 5 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part li times diameter 



