496 



CICHLID^. 



spine a little longer than dorsals. Pectoral J length of head. Ventral 

 reaching vent. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle deeper than long. 

 Scales feebly denticulate, 32-35 YrT2 ' lateral lines -^^. l^rownish 



grey or blackish brown, with scattered dots of a brilliant blue. 

 Total length 75 millim. 

 Lake Tantranvika. 



1-2. Types. Mbity Rocks. 



.3-5. Types. Kinyamkolo. 

 6. Skel. „ 



7-8. Yg. Niainkolo Bay. 



i). Ad. Sumba. 



Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



Dr. W. A. Cunnington ((!.). 



Fiff. 343. 



Eretmodus ctjunostictas. 

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



35. SPATHODUS. 



Doiileno-. Ann. Miis. ( oii<vo, Zool. i. p. 152 (11H)0), and Pui-s. Bass. Congo, p. 184 

 (11H)1) ; Pellogr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1001, p. 'M\l. 



Pody moderately elongate ; scales ctenoid ; two incomplete lateral 

 lines. A single series of large teeth with elongate cylindrical shaft and 

 expanded rounded-subtruncate crown ; maxillary concealed when the 

 mouth is closed. Dorsal with 23 spines, anal with 3 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1. SPATHOI)i:S EHYTHHODON. 

 Bouleng. 11. cc, Ann. \A. Hi. Hg. 2 ; Pellegr. I.e. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 3 times in total length. 

 Head twice as long as broad ; snout as long as broad, convex, H times 

 as long as eye, \^hich is 4 tim(^8 in length of head and equals inter- 

 orbital width ; mouth with much developed lips, extending to below 



