718 



MR. C. TATE REGAN ON THE 



5 series, outer bicuspid or posteriorly unicuspid, about 70 iu 

 outer series of upper jaw. 3 or 4 series of scales on cheek. Gill- 

 rakers rather long, 1.5 to 17 on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Pharyngeal teeth small. 34 or 35 scales in a longitudinal series, 



6 or 7 from origin of dorsal to lateral line. Dorsal XY-XVI 11 ; 

 last spine -^ length of head'. Anal III 9 : third spine ^ length of 

 head. Pectoral | length of head, nearly or quite reaching anal. 

 Caudal emarginate. Caudal peduncle 1t| to i ^ as long as deep. 



Text-fio-ure 28. 



Saplocliromis macrorhynchus. h. 



Upper half of body with 6 dark ci^oss-bars broken up into 3 

 series of spots, the first of the lowest series on operculum, the 

 sixth at base of caudal ; dorsal with sei'ies of spots. 



Three specimens, 190 to 210 mm. long (cZ, Mel, Moore). 



Tilajna rostrata (part.) Eouleng. Cat. Afr. Fish. iii. p. 255, 

 fig. 172. 



Depth of body 3^- in length, length of head 2|. Snout with 

 convex profile, longei' than jjostoi'bital part of head. Diameter 

 of eye 4 in length of head, interoi-bital Avidth 4g, depth of prse- 

 orbital 4|. Jaws equal anteriorly; maxillary not extending to 

 beloAv eye ; teeth in 3 well-separated series, outer bicuspid, 54 

 in outer series of upper jaw. 3 series of scales on cheek. 

 Gill-rakers short, 19 or 20 on lower pai^t of anterior arch. 

 Pharyngeal teeth small. 34 scales in a longitudinal series, 

 6 or 7 from origin of dorsal to lateral line. Dorsal XYI 12 ; 

 last spine nearly f length of head. Anal III 10; third spine 

 ^ length of head. Pectoral ? Ca,udal emarginate. Caudal 

 peduncle i| as long as deep. Colour nearly as in H. onacro- 

 rhynchus, but the posterior bars more oblique and the fins 

 unspotted. 



The type, 105 mm. long . 



