■^-S CICHLID.E. 



Synoi)sis of the Species. 

 Snout much lonpjer than eye in adult ; 



Sc. 29-32 -^^^^ 1. //./a5cmii«, Peters, p. 428. 



Snout not or but little longer than eye ; 



Sc. 25-29 M_3 2. IT. Umamlalus, Gunth., p. 430. 



1. HEMICHROMIS FASOTATUS. 

 Peters, Mon. Bcri. Ac. 1857, p. 403; Giinth. Cat. Fish. iy. p. 274 (1802) ; Bleek. 



Nat. Verh. Vet. Haarlem, xviii. no 2, 18G3, p. 38, pi. v. fig. ] ; Steind. Siizh. 



Ak. Wien, ix. i. 1870, p. 970 ; Smiv. N. Arch. Mus. (2) iii. 1880, p. 35 ; 



Steind. Notes Loyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 47; Boideng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, 



p. 135, and Poiss. B:.s<. Congo, p. 409 (1901); Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. 



France, xvi. 1904, p. 253. 

 ( hroinirl,thi/s elonr/aliig, Guiclien. in A. Duni. Arch. Mus. x. 1859, p. 257, pi. xxii. 



fig. 3. 



riemlchromis aimtu.% Gill, Proc. Ac. Philad. 18G2, p. 135; Giinth. t. c. p. 275. 

 Ilemkhromis leicjnardu, Capello, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. iv. 1872, p. 85. 

 Ilemlchromis des<jnezi, Rochebr. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iv. 1880, p. 168, and Act. 

 Soc. Linn. Bord. vi. l>i>^2, p. 113, jd. v. fig. G. 



Depth of body 2\ to 3 times in total length, length of head 2^ to 3 

 times. Head 1 1 to 2 times as long as broad ; snout with straight or 

 concave npper profile, longer than the eye in the adult; eye 3^ (young) 

 to G times in length of head, 1] t(^ 1| times in interorbital \vidth ; 

 mouth not extending to belo\v anterior border of eye ; middle outer 

 teeth large and canine-like in the adult; an inner series of minute 

 teeth in the upper jaw, widely separated from the outer; 4 to 6 series 

 of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part 1 (young) to 'l\ diameters of 

 eye in the adult. Gill-rakers short, the largest anvil-shaped, 6 to 10 on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIII-XV 11-13 ; spines increasing 

 in length to the last, which measures ^ to f length of head and -| to f 

 longest soft rays. Anal III 8-10 ; third spine shorter than last dorsal. 

 Pectoral -J to | length of head, not extending to vertical of origin of 

 anal. \ entral usually more or less produced into a filament, reaching 

 vent or origin of anal, rarely not to vent. Caudal rounded or sub- 

 truncate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or a little deeper than long. 

 Scales cycloid or very feebly denticulate, 29-32 ^^\ lateral lines }j^. 

 \ (dlowish or oYwv brown abovc^, tinged or not with red and green, 

 \\\\\\v beneath; live more or le>s distinct dark or black spots or bars 

 ■■■w vm\\ side, between wbieii n;ivro\v(>r bars may be present; a large 



