PARATILAPIA. 



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38. PARATILAPIA SMITH TI. 



? Chromys sniUJiii, Casteln. Mem. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 1() (18G1). 



Paratilapia sniil/iii, Boiilcng. Tr. Zool. 8()c. xviii. 1911, p. 410, [)L xxxix. Hg. 2. 



Depth of body 2^ to '2^ times in total length, length of head 3 times. 

 Head twice as long as broad, upper ])rofile slightly concave in front of 

 eyes ; snont rounded, f),s long as b^'oad, as long as postocular part of 

 head; eye 4 to 4 J times in length of head, 1-|- to IJ times in inter- 

 orbital width, equal to praeorbital deptli ; mouth not extending to below 

 anterior border of eye ; teeth in outer series rather small, 52 to G4 in 

 upper jaw, followed by one or two series of minute teeth; 5 series of 

 scales on the cheek, width of scaly part greater than fiinmcter of eye. 



Fig. 242. 



FaraliUipia smitJiii.. 

 Okovango K. (Tr. Z. S. 1911). ^. 



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

 like, 9 to 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XV 12-13 ; 

 spines increasing in length to the last, which is about f length of head ; 

 longest soft rays | to | length of head. Anal III 8-9; third spine 

 about ^ length of head. Pectoral | to | length of head, not extending 

 to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent or anal, or not so 

 far. Caudal rounded-subtruncate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or 

 a little deeper than long. Scales cycloid or indistinctly denticulate, 

 33-34 Y^jffy ; lateral lines i^^j^. Brown to blackish above, yellowish or 

 dark grey beneath ; vertical fins olive-grey or dark brown, with rounrl 



2'» Bou II/Ili 



