316 



CICHLID^. 



times as long as head. Anal III 8-11 ; third spine a little shorter but 

 stouter than last dorsal. Pectoral f length of head, not extending to 

 vertical of oii^^in of anal. Ventral reaching vent or anal. Caudal 

 rounded. Caudal peduncle nearly as long as deep. Scales usually finely 



3-J-4i 



14-19 



denticulate, sometimes all cycloid, 28-30 \l:^l ; lateral lines iq_i^. 

 Dark brown or blackish, uniform or with bluish-white spots, or olive 

 with more or less distinct dark cross-bars and a black opercular spot ; 

 fins blackish. 



Total length 205 millim. 



Madcigasoar. — Types in Leyden Museum. 



1-3. Ad. 

 4-6. Ad. 

 7, 8-9. Ad. 



10. Skel. 



11. Ad. 



12-13. Ad. & ligr. 

 11. Hhv. 



Tamatave. 



Mahanova. 



Imerina. 



Morafeno. 

 Madagascar, 



Rev. W. Deans Cowan (C). 

 Rev. R. Baron (C). 

 Paris Museum (E.). 

 M. V. de RobiUard (C^.). 



Fig. 209. 



Paratilapia cerasogaster. 

 Type (A. M. C). %. 



2. PARATILAPIA CERASOGASTER. 



Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 118, pi. xlv. fig. 1 (1899), and Polss. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 420 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 2G0. 



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

 Head 2\ times as long as broad ; snout with straight upper profile, as 

 long as broad, as long as eye, which is 3| times in length of head, 

 equals interorbital width, and exceeds pra^orbital depth; mouth with 

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

 processes very long, extending to between the eyes ; teeth in 4 or 5 



