I'AK'.M'II.AI'IA. ooO 



thii'd spine n little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral a little shorter 

 thnn head, not reaching vertical of origin of anal. Ventral rc^aching 

 vent or origin of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal ])ediinele as long as 

 deep. Scales cycloid, 34-37 j-py^ ; lateral lines pj~fi;. lirownish, with 

 or without nine rather indistinct dark bars ; dorsal fin edged with 

 yellowish ; soft dorsal and caudal with numerous round blackish spots ; 

 anal with round white or brownish (redl) spots; ventrals blackisii. 



Total length 200 millim. 



Lake Bangwelu and Upper Zambesi *. 

 1. Tv|)(>. L. Bangwelu. V. 11. Mclhmd. l']s(|., mihI 



FiltJKM- Fotlloll (p.). 



2-3. Ad. „ F. 11. Mdlaiul, Es(,. (i\). 



40. PARATILAPIA NOTOT^.XIA. 



Boulong. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 69 ; Pellegr. Mcmu. Soc. Zool. Franco, 

 xvi. 1904, p. 2G4. 



Depth of body 2f times in total length, length of head 3 times. 

 Head twice as long as broad, wdth strongly curved upper profile; snout 

 rounded, a little broader than long, shorter than postocular part of 

 head ; eye 4 times in length of head, a little less than interorbital 

 width or praeorbital depth ; mouth extending to below anterior border 

 of eye; teeth in 5 series, outer largest, about 70 in upper jaw; 3 series 

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

 Gill-rakers short, 11 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVII 10; 

 s))ines increasing in length to the last, which measures a little more 

 than ^ length of head. Anal III 9; third spine i length of head. 

 Caudal scaly, feebly but distinctly emarginate. Caudal peduncle nearly 

 1 h times as long as broad. Scales finely denticulate, 30 fr, ; lateral 

 lines ^. Brown above, white beneath ; a blackish band along each 

 side of the back, above the lateral line ; dorsal fin with regular series 

 of lound brown spots between the rays ; anal and ventrals blackish. 



Total length 230 millim. 



Lake Nyassa. 

 ]. Type. L. Nyassa. ProF. J. E. S. :\Io()ro (('.). 



* I have examined a specimen from tlie Kafue River, preserved in (lie linlawnyo 

 Museum. 



