17'2 MH. C. TATE REGAN ON TJIE 



to above anterior part of anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal 

 peduncle I3 to 1| as long as deep. A blackish opercular spot ; 

 a blackish stripe from head to caiidal fin, a second above lateral 

 line. 



Three of the types, 100-110 mm. long, from Bnnjako. 



17. Haplochromis nigrescens Pellegrin, 1909. 



Astatotilapia nigrescens Pellegrin, Bull. 80c. Zool. France, 

 xxxiv. p. 157, and Mem. xxii. 1910, p. 292, pi. xiv. fig. 3. 



? Asiatotila2na roherti Pellegrin, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 

 xxxvii. 1913, p. 312. 



Haplochromis percoides (part.) Bouleng. Cat. Afr. Fish, iii, 

 p. 296. 



Paratilapia ptarvidens Bouleng. t. c. p. 323, fig. 215. 



Parcttilapia serranus (part.) Bouleng. t. c. p. 334. 



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

 Snout 1^ to 1| diameter of eye, which is 4 to 4| in length of 

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

 depth of cheek ; interorbital width 4 in length of head. Upper 

 profile of head straight or slightly concave ; mouth moderately 

 obliqvie ; prjemaxillarj'- pedicels extending to between anterior 

 edges of orbits ; maxillary extending to below anterior edge or 

 anterior | of eye ; lower jaw usually a little pi-ojecting. Teeth 

 conical, or outer bicuspid and inner tricuspid, in 3 to 5 series in 

 upper jaw and 3 or 4 in lower, 40 to 55 in outer series of upper 

 jaw. Cheek with 4 series of scales. 8 or 9 gill-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Pharyngeal teeth slender. 32 or 33 scales 

 in a longitudinal series, 5 or 6 from first dorsal spine to lateral 

 line. Dorsal XV-XVI 9-10; last spine from 3 to nearly | 

 length of head. Anal III 8-9 ; third spine stronger than and 

 nearly as long as last dorsal. Pectoral | length of head, reaching 

 vent or origin of anal. Caudal truncate or subtruncate. Caudal 

 peduncle 1 to 1^ as long as deep. Coloration uniform, or a. daik 

 lateral band, or traces of 8 to 10 dark cross-bars ; soft dorsal and 

 caudal sometimes with series of spots. 



Five specimens, 95 to 140 mm. in total length, from the 

 Victoria Nile and Jinja [Bayon). 



18. Haplochromis flaviptnnis Bouleng., 1906. 



Haplochromis jiercoides (part.) Bouleng. Cat. Afr. Fish. iii. 

 p. 296, fig. 201. 



FelinatocJiromis Jlavi'jnnnis Bouleng. t. c. p. 418, fig. 286. 



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

 Snout 1| to 1| diameter of eye, which is 4 to 5 in length of head, 

 equal to or greater than prseorbital depth, from | to a little 

 greater than depth of cheek ; interorbital width 5 in length of 

 head. Head twice as long as broad ; upper profile concave above 

 the eyes ; mouth oblique ; maxillary extending to below anterior 

 edge of eye, or nearly; lower jaw projecting; teeth in 3 or 4 



