21-22 

 9=12- 



1898.] STBIAN FISHES OF THE FAMILT CICHLID^. 143 



Anal III 6-7; third spiae longest, as long as longest dorsal. 

 Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle slightly longer than deep 

 t^cales finely denticulate on the border, 29-32 -f^; lat. 

 Dark brown ; fins blackish. 



Total length 93 millim. 



Lake Nyassa. 



11, Paeatilapia bloyeti. 



Hemichromis hloyeti, Sauvage, BuU. Soc. Philom. (7) vii. 1883, 

 p. 159. 



Hemichroim,is gigliolii, Pfeffer, Thierw. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 24 

 (1896). 



2 or 3 series of minute teeth behind the marginal ones in 

 both jaws. Depth of body equal to length of head, not quite 



3 times in total length. Snout with straight upper profile, a little 

 longer than the diameter of the eye, which is somewhat more 

 than 4 times in lengtli of head and a little less than iuterorbital 

 width ; maxillary extending to below anterior border of eye ; 



4 series of scales on the cheek ; lai-ge scales on the opercle. 

 Gill-rakers short, 7 on lower part of anterior arch, the larger 

 T-shaped. Dorsal XYI 8-9 ; spines increasing in size, the last 

 I in length of head and f longest soft rays. Pectoral | length 

 of head. Ventral nearly reaching anal, xlnal III 7-8. Caudal 

 peduncle as long as deep. Scales finely denticulate on the 

 border, 28 j|. Greenish grey ; a black opercular spot ; a trace 

 of a dark sti'eak on the caudal peduncle ; small dark streaks on 

 the dorsal and caudal fins and at the base of the anal. 



Total length 90 millim. 



East Africa. 



I have examined one of the types of the species, from Kaudoa. 

 B. gigliolii, which, from the description, I regard as identical, is 

 from the Kingani Eiver. 



12. Pakatilapia seerajtus. 



HemicJiromis serranus, PfefEer, Thierw. O.-Afr., Pische, p. 23 

 (1896). 



Teeth in 3 series in the upper jaw, in 2 in the lower, outer 

 largest. Lower jaw projecting. Depth of body a little less than 

 length of head, 3| times in total length. Snout with straight 

 upper profile, sHghtly longer than diameter of eye, which is 4 

 times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; maxillary 

 extending to below eye ; 4 series of scales on the cheek ; opercle 

 scaleless. Larger gill-rakers T-shaped. Dorsal XVI 9 ; spines 

 increasing in length to the last, which is 2j- times in length of 

 head. Pectoral and ventral pointed, reaching anal. Anal III 9. 

 Scales faintly denticulate on the border, 31y^. Brownish above, 

 whitish beneath ; two black stripes on each side, the upper from 

 the nape along the base of the dorsal, the lower from the gill- 



