338 



CICHLID.E. 



feebly denticulate, 31-34 y — -^ ; lateral lines -J^. Brownish above, 

 whitish beneath ; a blackish opercular spot ; soft dorsal and caudal with 

 series of round dark spots between the rays ; two bright ocellar spots on 

 the anal in the male. 



Total lenf^th 180 millim. 



Lake Victoria and Victoria Nile.— Types in Genoa Museum. 



I. One of the types. Sesse Ids. Dr. E. Bayon (C.) ; 



Genoa Museum (P.). 

 2-5. Hgr. & yg. Bululo, L. Kiogu, „ „ 



Paratilapia bayoni. 

 Type (Ann. Mus. Geu. 1900). |. 



21. PARATILAPIA CHILOTES. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Gcnova, (3) v. 1911, p. GS, \)\. ii. fig. 2. 



Depth of body 3 times in total length, length of head 2| times. 

 Head 2h times as long as broad ; snout pointed, with straight or 

 slif^htly convex upper profile, 1| times as long as eye, which is 4 times 

 in len"-th of head, equals interorbital width, and exceeds least depth of 

 pricorbital ; jaws equal in front ; maxillary not extending to below 

 anterior border of eye; lips very thick, both produced into a globular 

 swelling projecting beyond the mouth ; teeth very small, conical, 24 to 

 30 in outer row of upper jaw, followed by a few irregularly disposed 

 minute t^eth in the middle ; 3 series of scales on the cheek, width 



