17G 



CICHLID-E. 



Anal III 9-11 ; third spine ^ to f lengch of head. Pectoral 1 

 to ly times as long as head, reaching vertical of origin of anal, 

 or beyond. Ventral reaching vent, or not quite so far. Caudal 

 truncate or slightly emarginate. Caudal pe.luncle deeper than long. 

 Scales cycloid, 28-31 ftni' lateral lines -^-^.j. Olive-brown above, 

 yellowish beneath, with 5 to 9 more or less distinct dark vertical bars on 



Fijr. 112. 



Tihtpia muUlfasciata. 

 Type, after Giinther (Z. c). ^. 



the side ; a black opercular spot; a more or less distinct black spot 

 (ocellar in the young) on the basal part of the origin of the soft dorsal. 



Total length 140 millim. 



Gold Coast. 



1-15. Types. Like Busum-clii. K. B. N. Walker, Esq. (CV^ 



Dr. A. Gunther (P.). 



17. TILAPIA MACROCEPHALA. 



Sarotlierodon mehviot heron (noiii. iiud.), Riipp. Verz. Mus. Senck. iv. p. 21 (1852) ; 



Giiuth. Cat. Fish. iv. p. 273 (18(J2). 

 Chromis macrocejyJialus (Bleek.), Giinth. 1. c. 

 Melanogenes macroceplialus, Block. Nut. Verli. Yet. Ihiarleni, xviii. 18G;{, no. 2, 



p. 3(3, pi. vi. fig. 2. 

 T'ilapia macrocephala, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1809, p. 115 ; Pollegr. Mem. Soc. 



Zool. France, xvi. 19U1, p. 31G. 



Depth of body 2J to '2h times in total length, length of head 2? to 



