372 



CICHLID.E. 



51. PARATILAPIA LEPTOSOMA. 



Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 14, pi. iii. fig. 4, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, 

 p. 427 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 271. 



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

 3^ times. Head 2^ to 2^ times as long as broad, with straight or 

 slightly concave upper profile; snout obtusely pointed, as long as broad, 

 shorter than postocular part of head, as long as or a little longer than 

 eye, which is 3^ to 3§ times in length of head, equals interorbital 

 Avidth, and much exceeds praeorbital depth ; mouth very protractile, 

 pr?cmaxillary processes very long and extending to between orbits ; 

 maxillary extending to below anterior border of eye, or not quite so 

 far ; teeth small, in 3 series, about 60 in outer series of upper jaw ; 

 2 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part about ^ diameter 



Fig. 253. 



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Faratilajjia leptosoma. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1898). ^. 



of eye. Gill-rakers long and closely set, about 20 on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal XII-XIV 14-lG; spines increasing in length to 

 the hist, which measures f length of head and nearly equals longest soft 

 rays. Anal III 10-12; third spine a little shorter than last dorsal. 

 Pectoral 4 to f length of head, reaching or nearly reaching vertical 

 of origin of anal. Ventral reaching origin of anal. Caudal deeply 

 notched. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales rather strongly 



2-3 ^7-33 



denticulate, 39-42 n_y^', lateral lines yTTo- Brown above, lighter 

 beneath; dorsal and anal with or without brown longitudinal streaks ; 

 caudal often spotted with brown or black at the base. 



Total length 92 raillim. 



L:»ke Tanganyika. 



1-2. TyiK's. Mhete. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



',]. Type. Kinyainkolo. „ 



4-t>. All. 3Isanil)ii. ,, 



7. Skc'l. 



