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CICHLTD.E. 



:\. BATHYBATES HORNT. 

 Stelnd. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, cxx. i. 1911, p. 1173, pi. ii. 



Depth of body 4J times in total length, length of head 2f times. 

 Snout longer than postocular part of head ; lower jaw projecting ; eye 

 3| times in length of head, exceeding interorbital width; mouth not 

 extending to below anterior border of eye ; 3 series of teeth in the upper 

 jaw ; 9 scries of scales on the cheek. 9 gill-rakers on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal XIV 14; spines subequal, f length of head; 



Fif?. 300. 



Bathijhates horai. 

 Type, after Steindachner (I. c). 4. 



longest soft rays 3 length of head. Anal III 17 ; spines slender, third 

 as long as dorsals. Pectoral about f length of head, not extending to 

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

 notched. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales 85 .^-^ ; lateral 



80 



lines \-. Head with 4, body with 14 sharply defined dark brown vertical 

 bars ; dorsal fin with a dark edge. 



Total length 240 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. — Type in Vienna Museum. 



•I. BATHYl^ATES VITTATUS. 

 l>uiil(Mig. Rev. Zool. AtV. iii. 1914, p. 44.5. 



Depth of body 4;} times in total length, length of head ?> times. 

 Head 2^- times as long as broad; snout with slightly convex upper 

 profile, much longer than broad, longer than postocular part of head ; 

 lower jaw projerting ; eye twice in length of snout, 4.} times in length 



