354 



C'lCllLID^-. 



as long as deep or slightly deeper than long. Scales finely denticulate, 

 33-34 n ; lateral lines ^^^. Dark brown above, white beneath ; a 

 black opercular spot ; vertical fins with round black spots ; paired fins 

 whitish, ventrals black in the males. 



'J'otal length 255 millini. 



Zambesi near Victoria Falls. — Type in S. African Museum. 

 1-2. Ad. Kafuc R. l>i-. '!• D- F. Gilchrist (P.). 



FijT. 239. 



I'arattlapia curUiUif, 

 Type (Aim. S. Afr. Mas. 1905). \. 



36. FAKATILAPIA GIBBK'Fl^S. 

 Bouleng. Tr. Zool. ISoc. wiii. I'.Ul, p. 411. pi. xliii. fig. 1. 



Depth of body 2j times in total length, length of head 3^ to 3i 

 times. Head nearly twice as long as broad, upper profile very convex 

 above the eye ; snout rounded, a little broader than long, shorter than 

 postocular part of head ; eye 4^ to 4^ times in length of head, 1 j times 

 in interorbital width, equal to pneorbital depth; mouth extending to 

 below anterior border of eye ; teeth in outer series rather small, about 

 60 in upper jaw, followed by 2 series of minute teeth; 4 series of scales 

 on the cheek, Avidth of scaly part a little greater than diameter of eye. 

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

 posterior T-shaped, 10 or 11 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 



