288 



CICHLID^. 



greater than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 11 or 12 on lower part 

 of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI 10-11; spines increasing in length to 

 the last, which measures J or a little less than i length of head ; soft 

 dorsal, as well as anal, prolonged, acutely pointed, longest ray f to 

 nearly once length of head. Anal III 10 ; third spine shorter than 

 last dorsal. Ventral produced into a filament, extending beyond origin 



Fig. 195. 



IlajjJochvohiis venustus. 

 Type. I 



of anal. Caudal truncate or slightly emarginate, scaly. Caudal 

 peduncle a little longer than deep. Scales finely denticulate, 32- 

 ^'^ iTlrt' l^-teral lines j^rrg- Peacock-blue in life, with large deep blue 

 spots, dotted with red ; top of head, and a broad edge to the fins 

 orange, or dorsal almost entirely orange. 



Total length 195 millim. 



Lake Nyassa. 



1-4. Typos. L. Nyassa. Q.pt. E. L. Rhoades (P.)- 



5. Skel. 



3. HAPLOCHROMTS SCHUBOTZl. 



Boulon^. in Schubotz, Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsoh. Z.-Af'r. Exped. v., Zool. iii. {). 255, 

 pi. viii. (lyU). 



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

 length. Snout with straight or slightly convex upper profile, 1^ to 



