ClCnLID FISHES OF LAKE NYASSA.. 697 



series which form an interrupted band on and above lateral line. 

 Dorsal with series of spots. Anal with some pale (? red) round 

 spots. 



A single specimen, 175 mm. in total length [Wood). 



Text-fio'uvc 12. 





TIapJ ochroinis fusootcsiiiafus. k. 



15. HapLOCHKOMIS IIOLOTiEXIA, sp. n. 



Faratilapia dimidiata (part.) Bouleng. Cat. Afr, Fish. iii. 

 p. 360, fig. 244. 



Depth of bod}^ 3| in length, length of head 3. Snout de- 

 curved, shorter than postorbital part of head. Diameter of eye 

 4| in length of head, equal to interorbital width or prseorbital 

 depth, less than depth of cheek. Lower jaw a little projecting ; 

 maxillary not extending to below eye ; teeth mostly conical, in 

 4 series in upper jaw and 3 in lower, 60 in outer series of upper 

 jaw. 4 series of scales on cheek. 1 1 gill-rakers on loAver part of 

 anterior arch. Pharyngeal teeth slender. 36 scales in a longi- 

 tudinal series, 5 from origin of dorsal to lateral line. Dorsal 

 XYII 12 ; last spine -f- head. Anal III 10 ; third spine stronger 

 and nearly as long as last doi-sal. Pectoral | length of head. 

 Caudal emarginate. Caudal peduncle \k as long as deeji. A 

 dark lateral band from eye to base of caudal fin ; soft dorsal 

 with series of spots. 



A single specimen (Moore), 190 mm. in total length. 



16. Haplochromis stkigatus, sp. n. (Text-fig. 13.) 



Depth of body 2| to 2i- in length, length of head 2-4 to 3. Snout 

 with straight or slightly concave profile, as long as postorbital part 

 of head. Diameter of eye 4 to 4:^ in length of head, equal to 

 depth of prseorbital or intei-orbital width, less than depth of cheek. 



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