454 



CICIILID.E. 



iiaircw band. Maxillary exposed at the end. A large papillose pad on 

 each side of the pharynx, forming a strong protuberance in front of the 

 upper part of the branchial arches. Dorsal with 15 spines, anal with 

 3 or 4. Occipital and parietal crests strong, extending to between the 

 orbits. Vertebrae 36 (14 + 22). 

 Lake Tanganyika. 



1. GRAMMATOTRIA LEMAIRII. 



Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1<S99, p. 90, pi. xviii. fig. 3, Ann. Mns. Congo, Zool. i. 

 p. U6 (1901), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 443 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. 

 Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 369 ; Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 569. 



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

 times. Head 2^ to 2^ times as long as broad; snout with slightly 



Fig. 309. 



.,,.-r>-v-^C;-~> 



(Jrumiiialotria leinairii. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1899). f . 



convex upper profile, longer than broad, longer than postocular part of 

 head ; eye 3 to 3| times in length of head, equal to or a little exceeding 

 interorbital width ; mouth extending to between nostril and eye; teeth 

 in 4 or 5 series ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers rather 

 short, 10 to 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV 14-15; 

 spines rather feeble, equal from the fifth or seventh, f or ^ length of 

 head ; soft rays not or but little longer. Anal III-IV 10-11 ; last spine 

 a Ltlle stronger, but shorter, than dorsal. Pectoral | to -| lengtli of 

 head, extending to, or nearly to, veitical of origin of anal. Ventral 

 reaching vent, or not quite so far. Caudal with deep crescentic notch. 

 Caudal peduncle 2 to 2^ times as long as deep. Scales finely denti- 

 4-: 



culate, 02-55 



J-J 14 ' 



41-W 



lateral lines -'-^-'h. 



Cirey or pale brown above. 



