1. Type. 

 2-7. Types. 

 8. Ad. 

 y. Skel. 



J'ARATILAPIA. 



M()lty Hocks. 

 Kiiiyamkolo. 

 Bunibu. 



3(37 

 PioF. J. E. S. Moore (C). 

 Dr. W. A. Cunnington (('.). 



47. PARATILAPIA DEWINDTI. 



Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv.. 1899, p. SS, pi. xviii. fi«;. 2, Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. 

 p. Ul, pi. lili. fig. 2 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. (Jongo, )). 421 (1901) ; PcUegr. 

 Metn. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 271 ; Boulong. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 

 190(5, p. 'AY.]. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 2| to 3 times in total length. 

 Head twice as long as broad ; snout with curved upper profile, rounded, 

 broader than long, as long as postocular part of head, shorter than eye, 



Fijr. 249. 



ParatUu ina deivlndti. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1899). 



which is 2| to 2| times in length of head, exceeds interorbitul width, 

 and equals 3 times prieorbital depth ; mouth extending to below anterior 

 fourth of eye ; teeth very small, in 3 or 4 series, 80 to 90 in outer series 

 of upper jaw; 2 or 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part 

 not \ diameter of eye. Gill-rakers rather long, 17 to 19 on lower part 

 of anterior arch. Dorsal XII-XIII 12-13 ; spines subequal from the 

 ciglith or ninth, which measures f to J length of head, and | to | length 

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

 Pectoral a little shorter than head, extending to vertical of origin of 

 anal. A'entral produced into a tilanient, reaching beyond origin uf anal. 



