1898.] sTBiAir FISHES or the tamiit cichlidvE. 1 39 



2. Paratilapia bleekeei. 



Paratilapia bleeJceri, Sauvage, Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 444, 

 pi. xliT. fig. 1 (1891) \ 



Closeljr allied to P. polleni, from which it diffei's in the shorter 

 soft rays, the dorsal and anal being hardly longer than the longest 

 spines. Ventral not reaching anal. Dorsal XII-XIII 10. Anal 

 III 9. 28 scales in a longitudinal series. Brownish, the centre 

 of each scale blue ; blue spots on the anal and usually on the soft 

 dorsal and the caudal. 



Total length 110 millim. 



Near Antananarivo, Madagascar. 



3. Paeatila-pia typtts. 



Pamcara typus, Bleek. Versl. Ak. Amsterd. xii. 1878, p. 193, 

 pi. iii. fig. 3; Sauvage, Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 438, pi. 44^. fig. 8, 

 and C, fig.ll (1891). 



Teeth in 3 or 4 series. Depth of body 2| to 2^ times in total 

 length, length of head 2| times. Snout a little longer than the 

 diameter of the eye, which is nearly 4 times in length of head; 

 maxillary extending to below anterior border of eye ; 5 or 6 series 

 of scales on the cheek. Dorsal XII 9-10. Anal III 8-9. 

 Pectoral | length of head. Ventral not i-eaching anal. Caudal 

 rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or a little longer than 

 deep. Scales smooth on the anterior part of the body, ctenoid 

 posteriorly, 30 ^ ; lat. 1. j-^. Greenish, with more or less 

 distinct dark cross-bars ; a blackish opercular spot. 



Total length 120 millim. 



Madagascar. 



4. Paeatilapia sacea. 



Hemichromis sacra, Giinth. Proc. Zool. See. 1864, p. 493 ; 

 Lortet, Arch. Mus. Lyon, iii. 1883, p. 148, pi. x. fig. 1 ; Tristram, 

 Paun. Palest, p. 168, pi. xviii. fig. 2 (1884). 



Teeth in 3 or 4 series in both jaws, outer largest. Lower jaw 

 projecting. Depth of body 2| to 3 times in total length, length 

 of head 2| to 2g times. Snout with convex upper profile, nearly 

 twice as long as the eye, which is 5 to 6 times in length of 

 head and I5 to 1\ in iuterorbital width; maxillary not extending 

 to below anterior border of eye ; 4 or 5 series of scales on the 

 cheek ; large scales on the opercle. Gill-rakers short, 8-11 on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV 10-11 ; spines in- 

 creasing in length to the last, M'hich measures about g length of 

 head and | longest soft rays. Pectoral | to § length of head. 

 Ventral not i-eachiug vent. Anal III 8-9 ; third spine longest and 

 strongest, nearly as long as longest dorsal spine. Caudal truncate. 

 Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales smooth, 30-32 J^ ; 



1 I have been unable to find a description of this species in tbe Bull. See. 

 Philom. vi. 1882, p. 174, to which Sauvage refers in the work here quoted. 



