new Fishes from Lakes Tanjanyik i und Kivu. 3 



Paralilapia n i(/n'j>in n is. 



D. XV-X V nil. A. I II S-i). Sq. 39-40 n- 

 1.. lat. 29-30/ 1;]-10. 



General j)r(*i)oiti()iis and essential characters as in P. leptO' 

 soma, Blgr., but easily distinguislied by tlie number ot' spines 

 nnd soft rays in the dorsal and of soft rays in tlic anal. 

 Dark brown, lighter beneath; fins blackish, caudal edged 

 with white. 



Total length 80 mi Him. 



Two specimens from Msambu, Tanganyika. 



Bathyhates fasciatus. 

 I). XVI IG. A. Ill 17. Sq. 140 _i|. L. lat. 75/45. 



Depth of body 4^ times in total length, length of head 3^. 

 Diameter of eye twice in length of snout, 5 times in length of 

 head, H times in interocular width. 18 gill-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch. A series of large round blackish 

 blotches above the ujqjer lateral line, alternating with vertical 

 blotches or cross-bars below. 



Total length 340 millim. 



A single specimen from the west coast of Lake Tanganyika. 



Xenotilapia ornatipinn is. 



D. XIII-XV 12-13. A. Ill 7-8. Sq. 34-37 j|. 

 L. lat. 28-32/13-18/4-12. 



Body less elongate than in A', simn, BIgr., its depth nearly 

 equal to length of head and 3^ to 3i times in total length. 

 Large blackish spots or oblique bars on the dorsal ; U])per 

 lobe of caudal with a blackish edge; a blackish chevrou-shaoed 

 band lower down on the caudal. 



Total length 110 millim. 



Several specimens from Kibwesi, Tanganyika. 



Trematocnra un imaculatum. 

 D. X-XII 9-11. A. Ill 7-8. Sq. 30-32 \. L. lat. 5-1 1. 



17 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal spines 

 longer than in T. marginatum. A large round black spot on 

 the posterior third of the spinous dorsal. 



Total length 120 millim. 



Several Bpecimens from Usambura, Tanganyika. 



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