240 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on new 



Paratilapia compress iceps. 

 D. XV 12. A. Ill 11. Sc. 35 £. L. 1. g. 



Depth of body 3 times in total length, length of head 23 

 times. Head very strongly compressed; eye b\ times in 

 length of head, 2| times in length of snout ; maxillary widely 

 separated from vertical of anterior border of eye; chin 

 pointed, projecting; teeth in 3 series, outer large and widely 

 spaced; 4 series of scales on the cheek; 10 gill-rakers on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal spines increasing in 

 length to the last, which measures J length of head. Pec- 

 toral § length of head. Caudal fin truncate. Caudal 

 peduncle H times as long as deep. Scales finely denticulate. 

 Brownish above, silvery white beneath ; three dark bands on 

 each side, one along the upper outline of head and body, the 

 other above the upper lateral line, and a third from the 

 prasorbital to the base of the caudal, passing through the eye. 



A single specimen, 165 mm. long. 



Allied to P. serranus, Hilg., and P. prognatha, Pellegr. 



Paratilapia ccerulea. 

 D. XVI 13. A. Ill 10. Sc. 38 g. L. 1. g. 



Depth of body 4 times in total length, length of head 3j 

 times. Eye 6 times in length of head, 2^ times in length of 

 snout ; maxillary widely separated from vertical of anterior 

 border of eye; lower jaw slightly projecting; teeth in 4 

 series, outer large and widely spaced; 5 series of scales on 

 the cheek; 11 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Dorsal spines increasing in length to the last, which measures 

 ^ length of head. Soft dorsal, anal, and ventrals much 

 produced, ending in a filament. Pectoral | length of head. 

 Caudal fin scaled, with deep crescentic emargination. Caudal 

 peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Scales finely denti- 

 culate. Blue or greenish blue, darker above ; dorsal and 

 anal fins edged with orange, the former and the caudal with 

 small round brown spots edged with red. 



A single specimen, measuring 255 mm. 



Paratilapia esox. 



5-6 



D. XVIII-XIX 12-13. A. Ill 10-11. Sc. 43-45 x . 



T i 24-27 

 -L-' *• 16=22- 



Depth of body 4f to 5^ times in total length, length of 



