276 CICHLID^. 



longest dorsal. Pectoral as long as head. Ventral reaching vent or 

 origin of anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 

 Scales feebly denticulate, 31-36 j—^ ; lateral lines jqixg- C)live above ; 

 whitish beneath, young with 9 or 10 more or less distinct darker bars 

 on the body; gill-membranes sometimes black, or with black spots; 

 fins greyish, dorsal with a black border, sometimes with a dark brown 

 band in addition ; anal sometimes with a bright ocellar spot. 



Total length 195 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



Ujiji. E. Coode Hore, Esq. (C). 



Msanibu. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



Sumbii. Dr. W. A. C*unniugton (C). 

 Vua. „ 



Penibe. „ 



Kinyainkolo. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



Niamkolo. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 



5. TROPHEUS. 



Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1«98, p. 17, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 419 (1901) ; 

 Pellegr. M6m. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 305. 



Body moderately elongate ; scales denticulate ; two incomplete lateral 

 lines. Jaws angularly bent at the sides, with bands of very small 

 tricus])id teeth, and an outer row of bicuspid teeth ; sides of the prae- 

 maxiJlaries with a series of abruptly differentiated conical teeth ; mouth 

 nearly straight and transverse when closed ; maxillary concealed under 

 the praeorbital. Dorsal with 20 or 21 spines, anal with 4 to 6. 

 Occipital and parietal crests strong, extending to between the orbits. 

 Vertebrse 33 (17-f IG). 



Lake Tanganyika. 



Two species : — 



I). XX-XXI 5-() : A. V-VI 5-6 ; Sc. 30-32 ^^. 1. T. mooiii, Blgr., p. 276. 

 D. XX 5-0 ; A. IV 6-7; Sc. 28-30 ^^. . . . 2. 7. annectei>s, Blgr., p. 278. 



1. TROPHEUS MOORIL 



Boulciio. Tr. Zool. Soc. XV. 1898, p. 18, pi. v. fig. 2, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, 

 p. 149 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 305, pi. vii. 



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



