HAPLOCHROMIS. 307 



22. Skel. Kakindu, Victoria Nile. Dr. E. Bayou (C.) ; 



Genoa Museum (P.). 



23. Ad. Bululo, L. Kioga. 



2-4. Ad. Victoria Nile, between L. Kioga F. H. Melland, Rsq. (P.). 



and Murchison Falls. 



This species is completely connected with //. (lesfontainesii. 



16. HAPLOCHROMIS MOERUENSIS. 



Pavatilapia moeruensis, Boi\\en<r. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 119, pi. xlv. fig. 2 

 ri899), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 419 (1911) ; Pellegr. .Mem. Soc. Zool. 

 France, xvi. 1904, p. 2G2. 



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

 Snout with convex upper profile, as long as or a little longer than eye, 



Fig. 207. 



Haplocliromis moeruensis. 

 Type (A. M. C. 1899). 



which is 3^ to i\ times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; 

 mouth not extending quite to below anterior border of eye ; lips thick, 

 much developed ; teeth in 4 or 5 series, outer larger and conical or more 

 or less distinctly bicuspid, 36 to 48 in upper jaw ; 3 or 4 series of scales 

 on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to diameter of eye. Gill-rakers 

 short, 7 to 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV-XVII 8-10 ; 

 spines increasing in length to the last, which measures about f to \ 

 length of head ; longest soft rays | to | length of head. Anal III 7-8; 

 third spine as long as longest dorsal. Pectoral f to | length of head, 

 not extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral produced into a 

 filament, reaching vent or anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as 

 long as deep. Scales more or less distinctly denticulate, 29-32 yy^j^ 5 

 lateral lines yifj. Olive-brown ; a blackish opercular spot ; a more or 

 less distinct dark band above the uj)per lateral line and another behind 



