PARATILAPIA. 



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arch. Dorsal XV 10 ; spines equal from the fourth, f length of head ; 

 longest soft ray f length of head. Anal III 7 ; third spine a little 

 shorter than longest dorsals. Pectoral a little more than | length of 

 head, not extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral produced 

 into a filament, reaching anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as 



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Paratilajpia demeusii. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



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long as deep. Scales cycloid, or very indistinctly denticulate^ ^^j ^o > 

 lateral lines JJ. Brown, lighter beneath ; a black opercular spot; small 

 black spots on the soft dorsal and caudal fins. 



Total length 180 millim. 



Upper Congo. 

 1. Type. Bangala Country. M. Do Meuse {C). 



10. PARATILAPIA AFRA. 



Ifemichromis afer, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. G2(j, pi. Ivii. fig. B. 

 Faratilapia afra, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 142; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. 

 Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 2G3. 

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

 Plead twice as long as broad, with curved upper profile ; snout rounded, 

 as long as broad, a little shorter than postocular part of head ; eye 

 3i times in length of head, equal to or slightly greater than inter- 

 orbital width, exceeding priT?orbital depth ; mouth not extending to 

 below anterior border of eye; teeth in 3 series, outer rather large, 



22 Bon II/III 



