PARA TIL APIA, 



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series, of outer series rather large, 34 to 40 in upper jaw ; 3 or 4 series 

 of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part nearly equal to diameter of 

 eye. Gill-rakers short, 9 or 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 

 XIV-XV 10-11 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which 

 measures a little over -J length of head; longest soft rays | length of 

 head. Anal 111 7 ; third spine stronger but a little shorter than last 

 dorsal. Pectoral hardly § length of head, not extending to vertical of 

 origin of anal. Ventral produced into a filament, reaching anal. 

 Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales cycloid, 



3 • 17—19 



27-28 j2> lateral lines ^j^. Purplish brown above, cheek and opercle 

 yellow, belly carmine-red ; a large black spot on the operculum and 

 another on the posterior part of the spinous dorsal, which is dark 

 purplish ; soft dorsal carmine-red ; ventral carmine-red, edged with 

 black. 



Total length 80 millim. 



Upper Congo. 

 1-2. Types. 



-Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



Utanda, L. Leopold II. M. P. Delliez (C). 



Paratilapia macrocephala. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



3. PARATILAPIA MACROCEPHALA. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mns. Congo, Zool. i. p. 121, pi. xlv. fig. 4 (1890), and Poiss. Ba.«s. 

 Congo, p. 415 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 2GG. 



Depth of body 2f to 3 times in total length, length of head 2J to 3 

 times. Head 2 J to 2J times as long as broad; snout with straight 

 upper profile, a little shorter than postocular part of head ; eye 3J to 

 4| times in length of head, equal to or greater than interorbital width, 

 much exceeding praeorbital depth ; mouth extending to below anterior 



