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long as or shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral as long as head, or 

 a little shorter, extending to origin or anterior part of anal. 

 Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle 1| to i| as long as deep. 

 Silvery or greyish, with or without dark cross-bars and a con- 

 tinuous or interrupted lateral band ; often bars across the snout 

 and a vertical one below the eye ; males with pelvic fins dusky 

 and ocellar spots on anal fin. 



Lake Victoria,. 



Numerous examples up to 140 mm. in total length. 



8. Haplochromis sauvagei Pfeffer, 1896. 



Ctenochromis sauvagei Pfefter. Thierw. O.-Afr. Fische, p. 14. 



Paratilajpia qranti (Bouleng., 1906) Bouleng. Cat. Afr. Fish, 

 iii. p. 342, fig. 231. 



Paraiilajna crassilahris (part.) Bouleng. t. c. p. 345. 



Paratilapia hicolor (part.) Bouleng. t. c. p. 346. 



Paratilapia retrodens (part.) Bouleng. t. c. p. 347, fig. 235. 



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

 Snout as long as or longer than diameter of eye, which is 3g to 

 41^ in length of head, greater than prseorbital depth, from a little 

 greater to a little less than depth of cheek ; interorbital width 3^ 

 to 4 in length of head. Mouth as broad as long ; lips thick ; jaws 

 equal anteriorly ; maxillar}' extending to below anterior edge of 

 eye, or not quite so far ; teeth in 4 to 8 series, cuspidate or 

 conical, 30 to 46 in outer series of upper jaw. 3 to 5 series of 

 scales on cheek. 7 to 9 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Pharyngeal teeth small. 32 to 34 scales in a longitudinal series, 

 6 or 7 from origin of dorsal to lateral line. Dorsal XIV-XYI 9- 

 10 ; last spine ^ to | length of head. Anal III 8-9 ; third spine 

 as long as or a little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral as long as 

 or a little shorter than head, reaching vent or origin of anal. 

 Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle 1| to 1^ as long as deep. 

 Body without markings or with regular daik cross-bars, or with 

 irregular blackish blotches and cross-bars extending on to vertical 

 fins; usually a dark lateral band and sometimes another above 

 lateral line ; an opercular spot ; often 2 bars across snout, another 

 between posterior margins of eyes, and another from eye to end of 

 maxillary ; soft dorsal and caudal sometimes spotted ; males with 

 1 to 3 ocelli on anal fin. 



Numerous specimens 80 to 150 mm. in total length. 



9. Haplochromis crassilabris Bouleng., 1906. 



Paratilapia crassilahris (part.) Bouleng. Cat. Afi-. Fish. iii. 

 p. 345, fig-. 233. 



Paratilapia retrodens (part.) Bouleng. t. c. p. 347. 



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

 from as long as to 1| diameter of eye, which is 3^ to 4| in length 

 of head, greater than prseorbital depth, about equal to depth of 

 cheek; interorbital width 3^ in length of head. Mouth broader 



