CICHLID FISHES OF LAKE NYASSA. 



723 



about reaching anal. Caudal scaly, truncate or slightly emar- 

 ginate. Caudal peduncle li to 1^ as long as deep. Bluish, with 

 large vertically expanded blue-black spots tending to form 

 irregular cross-bars ; dorsal and anal with broad orange margin. 



Four specimens, 170 to 200 mm. long [Rhoades). 



Boulenger's figure shows a slight indication of lappets, but 

 where the dorsal membrane is not torn its margin runs evenly 

 between the tips of the spines. 



2. Cyrtocara annectens, sp. n. (Text-fig. 30.) 



Depth of body 2^ to 2|- in length, length of head 3| to Zk. 

 Occiput convex, snout straight or slightly concave, a little shorter 

 than postorbital part of head. Diameter of eye 4 to 4g in length 

 of head, equal to praeorbital depth ; interorbital width 3|- in 

 length of head. Jaws equal anteriorly ; maxillary not quite 

 reaching to below eye ; teeth conical, in 3 or 4 series, outer 



Text-fiijure 30. 



C'ljrtocara annectens. ^. 



larger. 2 or 3 series of scales on cheek. 12 or 13 gill-rnkers on 

 lower part of anterior arch. 34 to 36 scales in a longitudinal 

 series, 5 or 6 from origin of dorsal to lateral line. Dorsal 

 XYI-XVII 11-12; last spine | head. Anal III 8-9; third 

 spine stronger and shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral as long 

 as or a, little longer than head, reaching anal. Caudal densely, 

 scaled, crescentically emarginate. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1^ as 

 long as deep. Uniformly bluish black. 



Three specimens, 175 to 195 mm. in total length. 



This species connects C. vennsta with C. moorii, having the 

 mouth formed as in the former, but in most other characters more 

 nearly agreeing with the latter. 



