TELMATOCHROMJS. 487 



^- Hgr. Kitiita. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 



10-14. Yg. Mtondvve Bay. 



15. Ad. Kilcwa Bay. Dr. L. ^tappers (C). 



16. Yg. L.Tanganyika. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



2. TELMATOCHROMIS VITTATUS. 



Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1«98, p. 10, pi. ii. fig. 2, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, 

 p. 446 (1901) ; Pellpgr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 298. 



Depth of body 4 J to 4| times in total length, length of head 4 times. 

 Head twice as long as broad ; profile of snout descending in a strong 

 curve ; snout as long as or a little longer than eye, which is 3 J to 

 4 times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth ex- 

 tending to below nostril; 12 to 16 large conical teeth in each jaw; 

 cheek naked. Gill-rakers very short and few. Dorsal XXI-XXIl 8 ; 



Fig. 337. 



Telmatochromis yiltatus. 

 Type(Tr. Z. S. 1898). f. 



spines increasing in length to the last, which measures h length of head 

 and a little less than longest soft rays. Anal VII 5-0 ; last spine as 

 long as last dorsal. Pectoral | length of head. Ventral produced into 

 a short filament, reaching origin of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal pe- 

 duncle as long as deep. Scales 45-52 ^^; lateral lines y^zi:,- Yellowish ; 

 a dark brown lateral band from the upper lip, through the eye, to the 

 base of the caudal where it ends in a round spot; a second band 

 commences on the vertex and extends along the base of the dorsal ; 

 a few dark brown spots on the dorsal ; atial edged with dark brown ; 

 a vertical black bar at the base of the pectoral. 



Total length 78 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 

 1-2. Types. T.ll.ity Rocks. Prof. J. E. S. Moore ((*.). 



