358 



nrHLTD.i:. 



(lark or ocellar spots forming single scn-ies between the rays ; pectorals 

 greyish olive ; ventrals greyisli olive or blackish. 



U otal length 220 millim. 



Lake Ngami Bnsin. — Type lost. 



1-:'.. Ad. Okovanao 1{. R. B. Woosnani, Esq. (('.). 



4. :>. Skcl. 



:V.h PAUATILAPIA MELLANDI. 

 J^ouifMicr. Aim. Si Mng. N. H. (7) xvi. 190.'). p. (UC. 



DeiHli of body 2?^ to 2§ times in total length, length of head 3 times. 

 Head a little over twice as long as broad ; snout obtusely pointed, with 



Y\cr. 243. 



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PuratiUipia rnclUindl. 

 Typp. ^. 



straight upper profile, as long as broad, as long as postocular part of 

 head. 1 ?j to H times as long as eye, which is 4 to 4 J times in length 

 of head, and equals int(a-orbital width or prseorbital depth ; mouth 

 moderate, extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth in 3 or 4 series, 

 outer largest, oG to 50 in upper jaw ; 4 series of scales on the cheek, 

 width of scaly part equal to diameter of eye or a little more. Lower 

 pharyngeal teeth with spherical crowns. Gill-rakers short, 10 to 13 on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV 13-14; spines increasing in 

 length to the seventh or to the last, which measures f to nearly 7V length 

 of head; longest soft rays about f length of head. Anal III 9-10; 



