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MR. C. TATE REGAiV ON THE 



on cheek. 16 or 17 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Pharyngeal teeth very small. 33 scoles in a longitudinal series, 

 5 from origin of dorsal to lateral line. Dorsal XVI 10-11 ; last 

 spine ^ to |, longest soft rays | to | length of head. Anal 

 III 8-9 ; third spine a little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral 

 longer than head, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal 



Text-figure 27. 



Sap! ochromis micrentodon. f . 



emarginate. Caudal peduncle longer than deep. Silvery, with 

 traces of several dark cross-bars ; dorsal and caudal with series 

 of spots. 



Two specimens, 110 and 115 mm. long [Wood). 



47. Haplocheomis eucikosxomus, sp. n. (PL lY. fig. 1.) 



Depth of body 3^ to 3g in length, length of head 3^. Snout 

 with straight 2:)rofi]e, as long as diameter of eye, which is 3g in 

 length of head, much greater than prfeorbital depth ; inter- 

 orbital width 31 to 3| in length of head. Mouth small, oblique; 

 jaws equal anteriorly; pra3ma,xil]a,ry pedicels extending to be- 

 tween middle of orbits, ^ length of head ; maxillary not 

 extending to below eye ; teeth small, in 2 or 3 series, outer 

 bicuspid. 3 series of scales on cheek. 16 or 17 gill- rakers on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Pharyngeal teeth small, slender. 

 35 scales in a longitudinal series, 5 from origin of dorsal to 

 lateral line. Dorsal XVI-XVII 11-12; last spine | length of 

 head. Anal III 10 ; third spine stronger than dorsals, ^ head. 

 Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching anal. Caudal 

 emarginate, densely scaled in basal lialf. Caudal peduncle 1| as 

 long as deep. Silvery, with traces of dark cross-bars. 



Two specimens, 85 and 100 mm. long {Wood), the smaller (? J ) 

 much darker in colour than the lai'Ofer. 



