CIIILOTILAPJA. 



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1. C'HILOTILAriA HHOADESIT. 

 Bouleng. 1. c. 



Depth of body 2-3- times in total length, length of head 3 times. 

 Head If times as long as broad ; snout short, upper profile descending 

 abruptly ; eye 4| times in length of head, If times in interorbital width : 

 mouth extending to between nostril and e\e; lips very thick ; teeth in 



Fig. 346. 



C/nhdlapia rhoddesii. 

 Type- I- 



f) irregular series, outer largest ; 4 series of scales on tlie clicek. Gill- 

 rakers rather short. 11 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV 10 ; 

 spines increasing in length to the last* which is a little less than | length 

 of head ; longest soft rays § length of head. Anal III 9 ; third spine 

 stronger, but a little shorter, than last dorsal, l^ectoral as long as head* 

 extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching a little beyond 

 origin of anal. Caudal densely scaled, feebly emarginate. Caudal 

 ])eduncle ]j time^ as long as deep. Scah^s finely denticulate, ol j., ; 



