490 



ClCllLTD-E. 



poiiitofl, 1| (young) to 2 times as long as eyo, whicli is 3} to nearly 

 5 times in length of head and nearly equals interorbital width ; mouth 

 extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth in 3 or 4 series in each 

 jaw, the outer much larger than the others and numbering 50 to 80 in 

 u]iper jaw ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers short, 

 ]l^ or 13 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI 10-11; spines 

 increasing in length to the last, which measures f to nearly ^ length of 

 head; longest soft rays nearly as long as head in adult, ^ in young. 

 Anal III 9 ; third spine shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral shorter than 

 head, not extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral not reaching 



llcinililaina o.i'i/rJt^ncJi <!S. 

 Type. §. 



anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. 

 Scales very finely denticulate, 34-36 'jj-; lateral lines fQ-]5. Brown 

 above, whitish beneath; a blackish opercular spot; young with a dark 

 brown blotch on each side of the back below the spinous dorsal, a second 

 below the soft dorsal, nnd a third at the base of the caudal fin; small 

 round light spots on the soft dorsal. 



Total length ISO millim. 



Lake Nyassa. 



1. Type. L. Nyassa. VvoL J. E. R. Moore (('.). 



■2. Sk.'l. I 



3. y^r. ., (;:,j,(. K. L. IJhua.U'S (P.). 



