TROPIIEUS. 



277 



3^ times. Head massive, rounded, not twice as long as broad; snout 

 broader than long, with convex upper profile ; eye oh to 4 times in 

 length of head, 1 J to 1^ times in interorbital width ; mouth with thick 

 upper lip, extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth in 8 to 10 

 transverse series ; 4 series of scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers short, 

 11 or 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XX-XXI 5-6 ; 

 spines increasing in length to the sixth, which is not quite ^ length 

 of head ; longest soft rays f to | length of head. Anal V-VI 5-6 ; 

 last spine a little longer than longest dorsal. Pectoral as long as head. 



Fie. 188. 



l^-OjihiUt inoorli. 

 Tvpe (Tr. Z. S. 1S98). 



Ventral produced into a short filament, extending beyond origin of 

 anal. Caudal feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 

 Scales feebly denticulate, 30-32 ^ ; lateral lines jjip). Dark brown, 

 with a large bluish-white blotch on each side of the body, the belly 

 reddish brown, or dark reddish brown with darker edges to the dorsal 

 scales ; fins blackish, or dull red, the dorsal tipped with black. 



Total length 115 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1-3. Type.«. Kinyamkolu. I^of. .7. E. 8. ^loore (('.). 



4. Skoi. 



^K A(l. Hiunbii. Pr. \V. A. ( 'imiiiiiotoii (('.). 



19 Bou II/III 



