180 MR. C. TATE REGAN ON THE 



sometimes spotted ; pelvics and anal yellow ( § ) or pelvics 

 blackish and anal greyish, with several ocelli posteriorly ( d). 



A male of 235 mm. from Bunjako (specimen figured) ; a female 

 of 170 mm, from Entebbe, and four young (100-120 mm.) from 

 Entebbe and Jinja. 



30. Haplochromis seeranoides, sp. n. (PL II.) 

 Paratilajna serranns (part.) Bouleng. Cat. Afr. Fish, iii, p. 334, 

 Fehnatochromis spekii (pa.rt.) Bouleng. t. c. p. 417. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 2| in length of fish. 

 Snout with straight upper profile, I5 to twice diameter of eye, 

 which is 3| to 5| in length of head, in adult less than depth of 

 pi-feorbital ; interorbital width 4 to 4g in length of head. Month 

 moderately oblique ; maxillary barely reaching vertical from 

 anterior edge of eye ; lower jaw projecting, moderately in young, 

 strongly in adult ; teeth conical, in 3 or 4 series in upper jaw and 



2 or 3 in lower, 40 to 60 in outer series of upper jaw. Cheek with 



3 or 4 series of scales, once to If diameter of eye. 8 gill-rakers 

 and 2 rudiments on lower part of anterior arch. Pharyngeal 

 teeth slender. 32 scales in a longitudinal series, 5 or 6 from 

 origin of dorsal to lateral line. Dorsal XVI 9-10; last spine ^ 

 to f length of head. Anal III 10-11 ; third spine 5 to more than 

 ^ head. Pectoral |- to | length of head, reaching vent or origin 

 of anal. Caudal subtruncate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 

 Silvery or greyish ; a dark opercular spot ; spinous dorsal dusky ; 

 soft dorsal and anal dusky at the base, pale distally, the dark 

 colour with a well-defined undulating margin ; caudal dusky at 

 base. Adult male with a blackish bar below the eye, blackish 

 pelvic fins, and ocelli on the anal fin. 



Three specimens, 95 to 220 mm, in total length, from 

 Lake Victoi'ia {Delme Radcliffe) and between L. Kioja and 

 Murchison Falls (Melland). 



31. Haplochromis acutirostris, sp. n. (Text-fig. 7.) 

 Paratilapia pj-ognatha (\)i\.rt.) Bouleng. Cat, Afr. Fish. iii. p. 333. 

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



Snout 1^ to 2 diameter of eye, which is 4 to 54^ in length of head, 

 in adult less than depth of prfeorbital or cheek ; interorbital 

 width 4g to 5 in length of head. Mouth oblique, anterioi^ly above 

 level of eye ; lower jaw strongly projecting ; maxillary extending 

 to vertical from anterior edge of eye ; teeth conical in adult, 

 some cuspidate in young, in 3 or 4 series in upper jaw and 2 or 

 3 in lower, 40 to 50 in outer series of upper jaw. Cheek with 4 

 to 6 series of scales. 8 to 10 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Pharyngeal teeth slender. 31 to 33 scales in a longitu- 

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

 XV-XVI 8-10 ; last spine longest, f or a little less than -J length 

 of head. Anal III 8-10; third spine stronger and as long as and 



