140 MR. G. A. BOUIENGER ON THE AFRICAN AND [Mar. 1, 



lat. 1. ^^^. Greenish olive above, silvery beneath ; fins greyish, 



unspotted. 



Total length 240 millim. 

 Sea of Galilee. 



5. Pabatilapia longirostris. 



ParatUapni'l lovgirostris, Hilgend. Sitzb. Ge^. nat. Fr. Berl. 



1888, p. 77. 



Hemichromis lowjirostris, PfefEer, Thierw. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 20 



(1896). 



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

 projecting. Depth of body a httle less than length of head, 

 34 times in total length. Snout with straight upper profile. If 

 diameter of eye, which is 5 times in length of head, and equal* 

 iuterorbital width; maxillary not extending to below anterior 

 border of eye ; 3 series of scales on the cheek ; large scales on the 

 opercle. Larger gill-rakers somewhat Y-shaped. Dorsal XIII 9 ; 

 middle spines 3| in length of head. Pectoral moderately long. 

 Ventral not quite reaching vent. Anal III 8. Caudal almost 

 entirely scaly. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales 

 finely denticulate on the border, 32 -f^. Brown above, silvery 

 beneath ; a dark spot below and in front of the eye, continued 

 as a rather indistinct streak to the end of the snout ; fins greyish 

 or colourless. 



Total length 125 millim. 



Victoria Nyanza. 



6. Paratilapia moffati. 



Ghromys moffati, Castelnau, Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 16 (1861). 



Teeth in 3 series in both jaws, outer largest bvit smaU. Lower 

 jaw projecting. Depth of body equal to or a little greater than 

 length of head, 2g to 2i times in total length. Snout with con- 

 vex upper profile, I3 diameter of eye, which is 4 times in length 

 of head and equals iuterorbital width ; maxillary extending to 

 below anterior border of eye; 3 series of scales on the cheek; 

 opercle almost entirely naked. Gill-rakers short, 7 or 8 on lower 

 part of anterior arcli. Dorsal XIII 10 ; spines increasing in 

 length to the last, which measures ^ length of head and f longest 

 soft rays. Pectoral j length of head. Ventral reaching vent. 

 Anal III 8 ; third spine a little shorter than longest dorsal spine. 

 Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales finely 

 denticulate on the border, 26-28 '^^ ; lat. 1. ^|2. Olive; a 

 blackish opercular spot ; membrane between dorsal spines bordered 

 with black ; ventrals black. 



Total length 95 millim. 



Pretoria, Transvaal. Three specimens, presented by Mr. W. L. 

 Distant. The types described by Castelnau came from the 

 Kuruman E., a tributary of the Orange E. 



