JULIDOCHROMIS. — TELMATOCHROMIS, 485 



^ length of head ; longest soft rays ^ to | length of head. Anal VIII- 

 IX 4-6 ; last spine f length of head. Pectoral about | length of head. 

 Ventral produced into a filament, reaching origin of anal. Caudal 

 rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales 45-50 f<£y;;' 

 lateral lines ^^. Yellowish, with three dark brown stripes on each 

 side, the lowermost from the end of the snout to the base of the caudal, 

 the uppermost along the base of the dorsal ; a large round dark brown 

 spot on the base of the caudal; a small black spot at the base of the 

 pectoral ; anal edged witli brown ; caudal brown. 



Total length 85 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1-3. Types. Mbity Kocks. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



4. fekol. ,, ,, 



5. Ad. L. Tanganyika. „ 



29. TELMATOCHROMIS. 



Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 10, and Poiss. Bass. C.'ongo, p. 44C (1901); 

 Pellegr. M(Mn. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 297. 



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

 anterior part of back ; two incomplete lateral lines. Jaws with an 

 outer series of large conical teeth and a broad band of small tvicuspid 

 teeth. End of maxillary exposed. Dorsal with 18 to 22 spines, anal 

 with 6 or 7. Occipital crest strong, extending to between the orbits; 

 no parietal crests ; pr?emaxillary processes extending to between the 

 orbits. Vertebrfc 33 (lG-j-17). 



Lake Tanganyika. 



Two species : — 



D. XVIII-XXI b--8 ; Sc. 40-47 j^Iyr, ; 'lepth oF 



body 3j to 3i times in total lenoth . . . 1.7'. temporalis, l^'gr., p. 48.5. 

 D. XXI-XXII 8 ; Sc. 45-52 ^ ; depth of body 



4i to 42 times in total length 2. 2'. vittatns, Blgr., p. 48(). 



1. TELMATOCHROMIS TEMPORALIS. 



Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 11, pi. ii. fi^. ;•{, and Poiss. Bas>J. C.^onoo 

 p. 447 (1901); Pelleor. Mem. Soc. Zoo]. France, xvi. J904, p. 297 ; Bonleno-. 

 Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 190L p. 5fiJ. 



Deptli of body 3|- to 3;'; times in total Ictigfli. h'n^,'th of brad 3 to 



32 Bou I I/I 1 1 



