484 



CICHLID.E. 



1-2. Tvpos. 

 •\-5. A<1. & \\<fi,i' 

 (5. Ad. 

 7. Ad. 

 .S. >Skel. 



Kiinainkulo. 

 i\Is:iinbu. 

 JMhity Rock^. 

 L. Tjiii(»an}'ika. 



Pi-of. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



28. JULIDOCHROMIS. 



BoiilenfT. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 11, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 408 (1901); 

 Pcllegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 29(J. 



Body elongate ; scales strongly denticulate, very small on nape and 

 anterior part of back ; two incomplete lateral lines. Mouth narrow, 

 with massive mandible ; teeth conical, forming a villiform band, with a 

 few strongly curved canines in front, the outer of which are very large. 

 End of maxillary exposed. Dorsal with 1^1^ to 24 spines, anal with 

 8 or 9. Occipital and parietal crests strong, the former extending to 

 between the orbits ; suborbital replaced by a ligament. Vertebrae 34 

 (17 + 17). 



Lake Tanganyika. 



Fig. 335. 



JidUlochromis ornatas. 

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



1. JULIDOCHROMIS OUNATUS. 

 Boulcng. 11. cc. }). 12, pi. ii. fig. 4, and p. 408 ; Pellegr. I.e. 



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

 times. Head twice as long as broad, with convex upper profile ; snout 

 1^ to 2 times as long as eye, which is 4| to 5 times in length of head 

 and 1^ times in interorbital width; mouth extending to below nostril; 

 4 or 6 canines in each jaw ; cheek naked. Gill-rakers very short and 

 few. Dorsal XXII-XXIV 5 ; spines equal from the eight or tenth, 



