280 



CIC1ILID3:. 



7. LOBOCHILOTES, g. n. 



Body moderately elongate ; scales ctenoid ; two incomplete lateral 

 lines. Mouth narrow, with several series of compressed teeth wliich 

 are feebly notched or tricuspid in the young and obtuse in the adult , 

 the teeth of the outer series rather large. Maxillary exposed at tlie 

 end. Dorsal with 17 to 19 spines, anal with 3. Occipital and parietal 

 crests strong, extending to between the orbits. Vertebrae 32 (15-f 17). 



Lake Tanganyika. 



Intermediate between Tilapla and Docimodus. 



1. LOBOCHILOTES LABIATUS. 



Jilapia lahiata, Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 17, pi. v. fig. 1, and Poiss. 

 Bass. Congo, p. 473 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1901, 

 p. 313 ; Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 572. 



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

 21 times. Head 2 (young) to 2^ times as long as broad, with straight 



Tip. 191. 



LohoihiloltS hdnittiis. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1898). A. 



upper profile ; snout obtusely pointed, longer than broad and longer 

 than postocular part of head in the adult; eye oh (young) to 5-| times 

 in length of head, T J to 2^ times in length of snout, I to L| times in 



itihrorbilal w idth, less than lU'irorbital depth in the adult ; mouth 



