ncic Fislus from Lake Vidor'hi. ].!'.• 



CJ ill-deft not c\tcn(liii<; iiifcriorly beyond biisp of pectoral 

 fill Xurlial sliielil eoiivex, not keeled, rii<jfose and pitted, 

 onec and | to onee and \ as long as broad, ending in two 

 blunt points, wliieh extend a little beyond the base of tlic 

 spine of the dorsal. Ilunieral process covered with grantilar 

 asperities, once and \ as long as broad, pointed, not extending 

 so far back as the occipito-nuchal shield. Skin smooth. 

 Dorsal I (5-7; spine strong, '^ length of head, smooth in 

 front, with 8 very small serne behind. Adipose dorsal 1 or 

 5 times as long as deep, as long as Ik ad, once and n or twice 

 its distance from rayed dorsal. Anal III 8. Pectoral s[)ine 

 a little shorter than head, feebly serrated on the onler side, 

 strongly on the inner. Ventral not reaching an;d. (Caudal 

 very deeply notched, crcscentic, npper lobe longest. Brown 

 above, white beneath, the brown parts with rather large 

 round darker spots, which may be very indistinct ; iiis pure 

 white. 



Total length 250 mm. 



One specimen from Entebbe and one from Buganga. 



Allied to ^'. afro-Fisclteri, Ililgcnd., and S. punctulatus, 

 Gthr. Distinguished from the first tjy fewer mandibular 

 teeth and the absence of villosities on the body, from the 

 second by fewer mandibular teeth and shorter mandibular 

 barbels. 



Ciclilidae. 

 Paratilapia cinerea. 



Teeth small, in 1 series in each jaw, outer largest and 

 ficbly curved. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3 

 times in total length ; body deepest at the nape. Snout 

 much deeper than long, with steep oblique npper profile, a 

 little shorter than the eye, which is 3 times in len<^th of head 

 and equals interorbital width ; maxillary extending to below 

 anterior border of eye; 3 series of scales on the cheek, 

 (iill-mkcrs short, 9 on lower j)art of anterior arch. Dorsal 

 X\ I 8 ; sj)incs increasing in length to the last, which 

 measures r length of head. Anal III 8; third s])ine aliltle 

 shoiter than last dor>al. Pectoral as long as head, extending a 

 little beyond origin of anal. Ventral extending beyond origin 

 of anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle once and rj as long 



as deep. Scales with very feeble denticulation, 33 j], ; lat. I. j, • 

 drey above and beneath, darker on the back ; a blackish 

 opercular spot ; fins dark grey, ventrals blackish ; two large 

 orange round spots, encircled with red, on the posterior part 

 of the anal. 



