104 Mr. C. T. Regan on new 



alveolus in this genus, the incisive angle is difficult to 

 measure satisfactorily. 



Dimensions of f he sl-iiJl*. — Condylo-bopal length SO'8 mm, ; occipito- 

 nasal length 92'4 ; zygomatic breadth 66"1 ; greatest squamosal breadth 

 45"*2 ; least distance between periotics on dorsal surface 12 ; nasals 

 86-3x21 -5 ; dental length 50'6 ; cheek-teeth at grinding-surface 17'4. 



YIIl. — Tiivee new Fishes from the Tanganyika Territory. 

 By C. Tate Regan, F.R.8. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum,) 



The fi.shes described below form part of a collection made. at 

 Morogoro, Tanganyika Territory, by Mr. A. Loveridge, and 

 have been presented by hiin to the Natural History Museum. 



Laheo loveridgei, sp. n. 



Body compressed; depth 4 in the length; length of liead 

 A\, Snout obtusely pointed, strongly projecting beyond 

 mouth, somewhat swollen, with scars of luhercles and with a 

 curved transverse groove above, its length not quite ^ length 

 (if head. Eyes supero-lateral ; diameter 5 in h ngth of head ; 

 interorbitnl width 2^, width of mouth 2§ in length of head. 

 Inner surface of lips with transverse plicae ; lower bordered 

 *in front with a fringe of pa])illj3e ; rostral flap free at tlie sides, 

 its edge crenulate ; barbel minute, hidden. Dorsal 12, with 

 9 branched rays, equidistant from end of snout and base of 

 caudal; upper edge concave ; third simple and first branched 

 ray a little longer than head. Anal 8, with 5 branched rays. 

 Pectoral nearly as long as head, not reaching pelvic, the first 

 ray of which is below the fourth branched ray of di)rsal. 

 Caudal deeply emarginate. Caudal peduncle Ij as long as 

 deep. 38 scales in lateral linp, 5\ from origin of dorsal to 

 lateral line, 4 between lateral line atid pelvic fin, 16 round 

 caudal peduncle. 



A single specimen, 195 mm. long. 



This species is near L. forskalii and L. cylindricus, which 

 have a wider mouth and the snout broadly rounded. 



* I am unable to sive external measurements. 



