240 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on neiv 



Paratila'pia compressiceps. 

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



Depth of body 3 times in total length, length of head 2^ 

 times. Head very strongly compressed; eye 5^ 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 ^ length of head. Pec- 

 toral I length of head. Caudal fin truncate. Caudal 

 peduncle 1^ 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, tlie 

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

 prreorbital 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 '^. 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 clieek ; 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 witli 

 small round brown spots edged with red. 



A single specimen, measuring 255 mm. 



Paratilapia esox. 



, A. 

 L. 1. 



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



Depth of body 4| to 5j times in total length, length of 



