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of scaly part less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 8 or 9 on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI-XVII 9 ; spines increasing 

 in lenji^th to the last, which measures f length of head ; longest soft 

 rays nearly | length of head. Anal III 8-9 ; third spine longest, as 

 long as last dorsal. Pectoral f length of head, nearly reaching vertical 

 of origin of anal. Ventral reaching origin of anal. Caudal truncate. 

 Candid peduncle 1^ to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales rather strongly 

 denticulate, ol-32 jtj ; lateral lines '^y^. Brownish above, whitish 

 beneath ; six or seven dark transverse bars, crossed by a dark 



Paratilajpia chilotes. 

 Type (Ann. Mus. Gen. 1911), 



longitudinal band extending from the eye to the caudal fin ; fins 

 brownish, anal with three round bright spots. 



Total length 98 millim. 



Victoria Nile at Ripon Falls. — Type in Genoa Museum. 

 1. One of the types. Jinja. Dr. E. Bayon (C.) ; Genoa Museum (P.). 



22. PARATILAPIA PECTORALIS. 

 Boulong. Ann. ^Mus^. Genova, (3) v. 1911, p. G6, pi. i. tig. 2. 



Depth of body a little less than length of head, 3 times in total length. 

 Head twice as long as broad ; snout with convex upper profile, 1|- 

 diamcters of eye, which is 4^ times in lengtli of head, Ij times in inter- 

 orbital width, and equals least depth of pncorbital ; jaws equal in front ; 



