PARATILAPIA. 341 



2?;. rAPvATILAPTA MACULTPINNA. 

 Pellogr. Bull. Soo. Zool. France, xxxvii. \9i:\, p. 311. 



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

 Snout as long as eye, 3y times in length of head ; lower jaw strongly 

 projecting ; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye ; 3 series 

 of conical teeth; 3 series of scales on the cheek. 10 gill-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV 8; spines scarcely increasing in length 

 after the sixth, last J- length of head. Anal III 8 ; third spine stronger 

 but not longer than last dorsal. Pectoral nearly as long as head, extend- 

 ing to vertical of origin of anal. Caudal rounded-subtruncate. Caudal 

 peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales denticulate, 33 ^.j ; lateral 

 lines jj^. Brown above, silvery beneath ; 5 dark cross-bars, intersected 

 by a longitudinal dark band on the posterior part of the body ; two 

 series of spots on the dorsal. 



Total length 15G millim. 



Lake Victoria. — Type in Paris Museum. 



24. PARATILAPIA VICTORIANA. 



Pellcn;]-. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fraiice, 1903, p. 185, and Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvii. 

 I'jor), p. 1.S2, ])1. xvi. fig. 3; Boulong. Fish. Nile, p. 474, pi. Ixxxvii. fig. .3 

 (1907); Fcllogr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xxii. 1910, p. 290 ; Bouleng. Ann. 

 Mus. Genova, (3) v. 1911, p. G7. 



Depth of body equal or nearly equal to length of head, 2^ to 3 times 

 in total length. Head 2 to 2|- times as long as broad ; snout deeper 

 than long, with straight or slightly convex upper profile, as long as or a 

 little longer than eye, which is 3 (young) to 4 times in length of head, 

 equals or nearly equals interorbital width, and exceeds prseorbital 

 depth ; jaws equal in front, or lower feebly projecting, upper extending 

 to below anterior border of eye ; teeth small, in 4 or 5 series, outer 

 largest and feebly curved, 40 to 50 in upper jaw, all unicuspid or some 

 or all of the inner tricuspid ; in the young, some of the outer teeth may 

 bear a small lateral cusp; 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly 

 part equal to or less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short and stout, 

 some anvil-shaped or bifid, 8 to 10 on lower part of anterior arch. 

 ])or$al XV-XVI 9-10; five or six last spines equal in length, -^ to f 

 length of head ; longest soft rays J to § length of head. Anal III 8-9 ; 

 third spine as long or nearly as long as longest dorsal. Pectoral as long 

 as or a little shorter than head, extending beyond vertical of origin of 



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