PARATILAPIA. 353 



broad, shorter than postocular part of head ; eye 5 times in length of 

 head, f interorbital width and a little less than praeorbital depth ; mouth 

 not extending to below anterior border of eye, maxillary slipping nearly 

 entirely under the prgeorbital ; teeth small, in 3 series, 50 to 60 in outer 

 series of upper jaw ; 4 or 5 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly 

 part much greater than diameter of eye. Lower pharyngeal teeth with 

 spherical crowns. Gill-rakers short, 11 or 12 on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Dorsal XV 14-15 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which 

 measures J or a little more than J length of head ; longest soft rays as 

 long as head. Anal III 10; third spine shorter than last dorsal. 

 Pectoral } length of head, not extending to vertical of origin of anal. 

 Ventral reaching vent. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle much 

 deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 35-36 j^ ; lateral lines |^q. Brownish, 

 darker on the back, the scales lighter in the centre ; a black opercular 

 spot ; dorsal purplish, edged with orange ; ventrals purplish ; anal and 

 caudal orange. 



Total length 300 millim. 



Zambesi. 



1-2. Types. Zambesi above Victoria Falls. T. Oodrington, Esq. (P.). 



3. Skel. „ ,, 



:',:). PARATILAPIA CARLOTT^O. 

 Bouleng. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. iii. 1905, p. 301, \A. xiv. 



Depth of body 2J to 2f times in total length, length of head 3 or 3-1- 

 times. Head twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, with straight or 

 slightly concave upper profile, as long as broad, shorter than postocular 

 part of head, 1^ times as long as eye, which is 4 or 4J times in leno-th of 

 head, 1 to 1^ times in interorbital width, and equals depth of prieorbital ; 

 mouth not extending to below anterior border of eye; teeth small, in 4 

 series, about 40 in outer series of upper jaw ; 4 scries of scales on the 

 cheek, width of scaly part equal to or greater than diameter of eye. 

 Lower pharyngeal teeth with spherical crowns. Gill-rakers short, the 

 largest T-sliaped, 11 or 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 

 XV 12-13 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures 

 nearly | length of head and ^ to § longest soft rays. Anal III 9-10 ; 

 third spine a little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral shorter than 

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

 origin of anal or a little beyond. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle 



