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CiaiLTD.E. 



spines increasing in length to the last, which mcasnres ^ to | length 

 of head ; soft rays only a little longer, unless produced into filaments. 

 Anal III 12-14 ; third spine a little shorter but stouter than last 

 dorsal. Pectoral 1^ to f length of head, extending to vertical of origin 

 of anal. Ventral reaching vent. Caudal deeply notched. Caudal 

 peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Scales cycloid or indistinctly 

 denticulate, 60-G9 jt^j^ ; lateral lines '-^iz-ii;, the u[)per extending to 

 caudal peduncle or to root of caudal. IJrownish above; silvery white 



Fig. 251. 



I'aratda^na stenosoma. 

 Type (Tr, Z. S. 1901). i. 



beneath, with or without blackish spots and longitudinal bands; dorsal 

 blackish at the tips of the rays. 



Total length 240 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1-2. Types. S. end of L. Tanganyika. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



.3. Type. Maswa, S. of Ujiji. „ 



4. Ad. Kaboge. Dr. W. A. Cimnington (C). 



.50. PARATILAPIA MICROLEPIS. 



TUapki m/'crolepis, Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1809, p. 94, pi. xx. fig. 3, Ann. 

 Mus Congo, Zool. i. p. 151, pi. Iv. fig. 3 (1900), Polss. Bass- Congo, p. 478 

 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 158, and xvii. 190(;, p. 572. 



Boulengerochromis microlepis, Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. Franco, xvi. 1904, p. .304. 



Depth of body 3J to 4 times in total length, length of head 3 to 

 3^ times. Head 2 to 2^ times as long as broad, with feebly curved 

 upper profile ; snout obtusely pointed, longer than broad, as long as 



