PISHES fRO.M UGANDA 67 



8. Parat Hapia ■victoriana, Peli.egr. 

 Jinja, Kakindu. 



9. Paratilapia g'estri , sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 3). 



Depth of body 2 7s times in total length, length of head 3 

 times. Head twice as long as broad; snout rounded, broader than 

 long, with rather convex upper profile, 1 ^1., times as long as 

 eye, which is 4 times in length of head, 1 V2 times in interur- 

 bital width, and exceeds least depth of prieorbital; jaws equal in 

 front; lips thick; praemaxillaiy processes extending to between 

 eyes; maxillary extending to below anterior fourtli of eye ; teeth 

 small, conical, in -3 series, about (iO in outer row of upper jaw; 

 3 series of scales on the cheek, the dej»lh of the scaly part below 

 the eye equal to diameter of latter. Gill-rakers rather short, 9 on 

 lower part of anterior arch , the longest liifid. Dorsal XVI 9 ; 

 spines equal in lengtli from the seventli , which measures '^1^ 

 length of head; longest soft rays '/^ length of head. Anal III 8; 

 third spine longest, as long as and stronger than Icjugest dorsal. 

 Pectoral pointed , nearly as hmg as head , not reaching vertical 

 of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent. Caudal rounded. Caudal 

 peduncle as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 32 -^; lateral 

 lines ^. Brown above, yellowish below; two dark brown stripes 

 on each side , the upper above the ujiper lateral line , the lower 

 wider and extending from the eye to the caudal fin; dorsal, 

 caudal, and pectoral brownish , other tins yellowish. 



Total length loO millim. 



This species, named after Dr. R. Gestro, is represented by a 

 single specimen from Jinja. It is allied to /-•. bicolor, Blgr., and 

 P. crassilabris, Blgr. 



10. E»ax-atilapia g'raiiti , Blgr. 

 .linja. 



11. raratilapia retrodens, Hh.gekd. 

 •linja. 



