158 



CICHLID.E. 



Anal III 9-11 ; third spine a little shorter than last clorsnl. Pectoral 

 1 to Ij times as long as head, reaching vertical of origin of anal or 

 beyond. Ventral reacliing vent or origin of anal. Caudul truncate 

 or very slightly emarginate, the angles sometimes rounded. Caudal 

 peduncle as long as deep, or slightly deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 

 30-34 i|rjf; lateral lines j^j_^^. Brown above, whitish beneath; a 

 blackisih opercular spot, sometimes followed by series of similar spots 

 along the side of the body above and below the upper lateral line ; 



Fig. 103. 



/^/ / 



TiJapia naUiloms. 

 Durban. 4. 



n 



young with 7 or 8 more or less distinct dark vertical bars often in 

 addition to the two series of blackish spots ; vertical fins unif(n-m or with 

 small round blackish spots or light spots separated by a dark network. 



Total length 330 millim. 



East and South Africa, Katanga, — Types in Amsterdam University. 



1. Yg. 

 2-3. Hgr. 

 4-11. Ad., hgr., 



& yg. 



12. Hgr. 



];;-17. Hgr.&yg, 

 18-19. Yg. 

 20-22. Y'T. 



Wo})i Shebeli. 



Tiiita, inlrind of" Mombasa. 



Kahai, inland of JMonihasa; 



500 I't. 

 C^oast of Zanzibar. 

 Zambesi. 

 Lofoi, Katanga. 

 3Ioa-( Ilia, Kalanga. 



Dr. Donaldson Smith (C^ 



Mr. Wray ((".). 



S. J.. Hinde, Esq. (P.). 



Sir J. Kirk (P.). 

 Prof. W. Peters yV.). 

 (apt. Lemaire (C.) 



