294 



CICHLID^. 



beyond. Ventral reaching origin of anal or a little beyond. Caudal 

 truncate. Caudal peduncle 1^ to I| times as long as deep. Scales 

 feebly denticulate, 31-34 jjrja; lateral lines jyili- Females pale olive- 

 brown above, silvery white below ; a brown or black opercular spot ; a 

 brown vertical bar sometimes present below the anterior third of the 

 eye ; ill-defined, barely distinguishable, dark cross-bars on the back ; 

 dorsal and caudal fins greyish, with or without round darker spots ; 

 ventral and anal fins bright yellow, the former sometimes blackish on 

 the outer border, the latter sometimes with two large orange ocellar 

 spots ; lower half of caudal fin sometimes bright yellow. Males darker, 

 grey or blackish on the belly ; two dark bars across the snout ; dorsal 



Fi^. 199. 



Haplochromis ishmaeli. 

 Type (F. JST.). 



fin grey, the soft portion with round light spots ; ventral fins black ; two 

 to four large orange ocellar spots on the anal fin. 



Total length 130 millim. 



Lake Victoria and Victoria Nile. 

 Buninko, 



1-'.), 10. Types. 



11. Skel. 



12. Type. 



13. 14-15. Ad. 

 14-17. Hgr. &yg. 



Entebbe. 



Biuldu Coast of L. Victoria. 



Kisunui Bay, Kavlrondo. 



18-22. Ad. k \\gr. Jinja, Ripon Falls. 



Mr. E. Dogen (C). 



Mr. M. Simon (C). 



A. Blayney Perciyal, Esq. 



(P.)." 

 Dr. E. Bayon (C); Genoa 



Mnsenm (P.). 



23. Skel. 



24. Skol. 



Kakiniln, Victoria Nile. 



