HAPLOCHROMIS. 291 



conical, 50 to GO in upper jaw, followed by 4 to 6 series of very 

 numerous minute tricuspid teeth ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, 

 width of scaly part equal to or a little less than diameter of eye. Gill- 

 rakers short, 8 to 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV-XVI 

 9-10; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures f to f 

 length of head ; longest soft rays f to f length of head. Anal III 8-9 ; 

 third spine stronger but a little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral | to 

 once length of head, extending to vertical of origin of anal, or a little 

 beyond. Ventral reaching vent, origin of anal, or beyond. Caudal 

 truncate. Caudal peduncle not or but very little longer than deep. 



- 4-5 



Scales strongly denticulate, 32-35 [jz]^; scales on occiput and nape very 

 small, in G or 7 series between first dorsal spine and lateral line ; lateral 

 lines ^~i^ . Olive or brownish, with or without ill-defined dark cross- 

 bars, with or without an interrupted dark lateral stripe ; a blackish 

 opercular spot ; a blackish vertical bar below the anterior third of the 

 eye; one or two more or less distinct dark bars across the snout; fins 

 greyish, dorsal edged with blackish ; anal pink or red in males, with 2 

 to 4 orange ©cellar spots on the posterior half; ventrals yellow in 

 females, black in males. 



Total length 125 millim. 



Lake Victoria. — Types in Berlin Museum. 



Mr. E. Degen (C). 



Mr. M. Simon (C). 



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A. Blayncy Percivab Esq. 



(P.). 

 Prof. 0. Neumann (C). 



5. HAPLOCHROMIS JEANNELI. 

 AstatotUtqna jeanneli^ Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, xxxvii. 1913, p. 313. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, about 3 times in total length. 

 Snout shorter than eye, which is 3 times in length of head and a little 

 exceeds interorbital width ; jaws equal in front ; mouth extending a 

 little beyond vertical of anterior border of eye; 5 or 6 series of teeth, 

 outer mostly conical ; 4 series of scales on the cheek. 8 gill-rakers on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV 9 ; spines subequal from the 

 sixth, I length of head. Anal 111 8-9; third spine as long as but 

 stronger than longest dorsal. Pectoral nearly as long as head, extending 



