the Family Ciclilida?. 2tI3 



Icngtli of licadj rebelling vent or origin of anal. Cauciul 

 rouiulccl. Caudal [)c(luiicle as long as deep. Two bars 

 across snout and one below eye ; an opercular sjjot ; traces 

 of dark cross-bars on body ; an interrupted lateral baud ; 

 2 or 3 ocelli on anal fin. 



Syria. 



Two specimens (c^s), types of the si)ecies, GO aud S5 nun. 

 long. 



\\t\\ distinguished from the preceding by the fewer scales 

 and by the pharyngeal dentition. 



11. Sargochuomis, Kegan, 1920 

 (type Faratilapia codiinytoni, Bouleng.). 



Fourth vertebra with a pair of apophyses that unite below. 

 Teeth in jaws conical in the adult, soujetiiues cuspidate in 

 the young. Pharyngeals massive, with stout, rounded teeth. 

 Articular surface for upper pharyngeals broad, formed by 

 prootics, parasphenoid, and basioccipital, its basioccipital 

 portions nearly meeting behind parasphenoid. Scales cy- 

 cloid. Dorsal XIV-XV 12-15. Anal 111 8-10. 



Synopsis uf the Species. 



I. 4 or 5 series of scales ou cheek. 



Depth of body '2 iu length of ti;?h 1. cotlri/ii/toni. 



Depth of body 2^ to 2^ iu length 2. millandi. 



II. 6 or 7 series of scales on cheek 3. an^olensis. 



1. Saryochrumis codrinytoui, Bouleng., 1908. 



I'aratilapia codrinytoui, Bouleng. Cat. Afr. Fish. iii. p. 352, (ig. 238. 

 Y I'aratildpia maiijimUu, Gilchr. iK: Thumps. Ann. S. Air. Mus. xi. 

 1918, p. 031. 



Zambesi. 



2. Suryochromis mellandi, Bouleng., 1913. 



Tilapia steindachucri (part.), Boulei.g. /. c. p. 209, tig. 134. 

 runitilapiu tticHundi, Bouleng. t. c. p. 358, tig. 243. 



L. liangwelu ; Angola. 



3. Saryochrumis a/iyo/cnsis, Steind., 1865. 

 I'elmatoc/iroiitis amjolensis, liouleng. t. c. p. 408, tig. 278. 

 Angola. 



12. Sekra.nochromis, Regan, 1920 

 (type Chromys thumberyi, Casteln.). 



Fourth vertcl)ra with a pair of small apophyses. Teeth 



