PARATJLAPIA. 



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postocular })art of head, 1^ to 2 diameters of eye, which is continued 

 4 to 5 times in length of head, 1 to 1^ times in interorbital width and 

 does not exceed praeorbital deptli; mouth extending to between nostril 

 and eye ; teeth small, in 4 or 5 series, outer bicuspid in the young, 60 

 to 90 in upper jaw ; 7 or 8 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly 

 part nearly equal to or a little greater than diameter of eye. Gill- 

 rakers rather short, 13 to 15 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 

 XVI-XVII 13-15 ; spines subequal from the fifth or sixth, J to ^ 

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



Fi'o-. 252. 



Pa ratilapia niicrolepis. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1890). 



9-10 ; third spine as long as and stronger than longest dorsals. Pectoral 

 I to J length of head, not extending to vertical of origin of anal. 

 Ventral widely separated from vent. Caudal with deep crescentic 

 notch. Caudal peduncle 2 to 2\ times as long as deep. Scales cycloid, 

 75-90 .7^_!Jj ; lateral lines 3;^^. Light olive-brown above, white beneath ; 

 traces of dark bars across the back and four round blackish spots on 

 each side of the body, the fourth on the caudal peduncle; tins yellowish 

 or ])ale brown. 



Total length 440 millim. ; grows to 610 or more. 



Lake Tanganyika. — Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



1. One of the types. Moliio. Cui)t. Lomaire ((".). 



2. A.l. Kalambo. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C\). 

 •,\~\. Ad. Niainkolo. Dr. ^\ . A. Cuiiiiington (C). 

 5. iSkel. Alhertville. Ciipt. Hecq (C.). 



