434 



CICHLIDJE. 



vertical of anterior border of eye ; teeth in 4 series ; 5 series of scales 

 on the cheek. Gill-rakers moderately long, 11 on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Dorsal XVI 13 ; spines rather feeble, increasing in length to 

 the last, which measnres ^ length of head. Anal III 10 ; third spine 

 shorter than last dorsal. vSoft dorsal, anal, and ventrals much produced, 

 ending in filaments. Pectoral f length of head. Caudal scaly, with 

 deep crescentic emargination. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long 



Fig. 295. 



Champsochro mis ccerule us. 

 Type. |: 



as deep. Scales finely denticulate, 38 -^^ ; lateral lines f~. Blue or 

 greenish blue, darker above ; dorsal and anal fins edged with orange, 

 the former and the caudal wiih small round brown spots edged 

 with red. 



Tot;>l length 255 millim. 



Lake Nyassa. 

 1. Type. L. Nyassa. ' Capt. E. L. Rhoades (P.). 



2. CHAMPSOCHROMIS LONGICEPS. 



J/eiuichromis lo)if/ict'j>s, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 313. 



ParatUapia longiceps, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 14G; Pcllegr. Mem. Soc. 

 Zool. France, xvi. 11)04, p. 270. 



Depth of body 4 to A\ times in total length, length of head 2J to 3 

 times. Head 3 to 3^ times as long as broad ; lower jaw feebly pro- 

 jecting ; snout with convex upper profile, twice as long as broad, longer 

 than postocular part of head; eye 2 to 3J times in length of snout, 

 5 to G^ times in length of head, IJ to ^\ times in interorbital width; 



