322 CICHLIDJi. 



praemaxillary processes long, extending to between the eyes ; teeth very 

 small, in 3 or 4 series, 60 to 80 in outer series of upper jaw; 7 to 10 

 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part 1 to If diameters of 

 eye. Gill-rakers rather short, 11 or 12 on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Dorsal XIV-XVI 14-16 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which 

 measures J to f length of head ; longest soft rays a little more or a 

 little less than J length of head. Anal III 11-13 ; third spine as long 

 as or a little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral J to J length of head, 

 not extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent or 

 anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as or a little longer 

 than deep. Scales feebly denticulate in the young, sometimes perfectly 

 cycloid in the adult, 36-39 j^jij^; lateral lines '^^. Females and young 

 brownish above, yellowish beneath, with dark brown spots and dots 

 or marblings, or with 7 or 8 indistinct dark bars on the body, rarely 

 with a more or less distinct dark lateral stripe ; a blackish opercular 

 spot ; dorsal, anal, and caudal fins with round brown or blackish spots. 

 Males yellowish olive above, yellow beneath, each scale with a dark 

 brown bar or spot; dorsal and anal edged with yellow, the latter with 

 bright ocellar spots. 



Total length 245 millim. 



Angola, Bechuanaland, Zambesi, Lake Baugwelu. 



1-12. Types. Mossamedes. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (G.). 



13-17. Ad. & hgr. Okovango R., near L. Ngami. R. B. Woosnani, Esq. (C). 



18. Skel. 



19. Type of P. ka- Kafue R., Zambesi. T. Codrington, Esq. (P.). 



fuensis. 

 20-22, 28-30. Ad. L. Bangwelu. F. W. Melland, Esq. (P.). 



7. PARATILAPIA PARVIDENS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Geneva, (3) v. 1911, p. 65, pi. i. fig. 1. 



Depth of body 2| times in total length, length of head 2f times. 

 Head nearly three times as long as broad ; snout pointed, with nearly 

 straight upper profile, IJ times as long as eye, which is 4| times in 

 length of head, 1^^ times in interorbital width, and slightly exceeds 

 least depth of praeorbital ; jaws equal in front; prajmaxillary processes 

 extending to between the eyes ; mouth extending to below anterior fourth 

 of eye ; teeth very small, conical, in 3 series ; 4 series of scales on the 

 cheek, Avidtli of scaly part equal to diameter of eye. Gill-rakers rather 

 short, 9 on lower part of anterior arch, the last large and anvil-shaped. 



