478 CICHLID./E. 



7. PARATILAPIA CINEREA. 



(Plate LXXXVI. fig. 4.) 



Bouleuger, Ann. & Mag. K H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 439. 



Depth of body equal to the length of the head, three times in the total length. Body 

 deepest at the nape. Snout much deeper than long, with steep oblique upper profile, a 

 little shorter than the eye, which is contained three times in the length of the head and 

 equals the interorbital width; maxillary extending to below the anterior border of the eye; 

 teeth small, in four series in each jaw, the outer largest and feebly curved, some of the 

 inner with secondary cusps, more or less distinctly tricuspid ; three series of scales on the 

 cheek ; large scales on the opercle. Gill-rakers short, truncate, bi- or tricuspid, 9 on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal fin with 16 spines and 8 soft rays ; spines increasing 

 in length to the last, which measures two-fifths the length of the head ; longest soft 

 rays two-thirds the length of the head. Anal fin with 3 spines and 8 soft rays ; third 

 spine a little shorter than the last dorsal. Pectoral fin acutely pointed, as long as the 

 head, extending a little beyond the origin of the anal fin. Ventral fin reaching a little 

 beyond the origin of the anal fin. Caudal fin truncate. Caudal peduncle once and 

 two-thirds as long as deep. Scales with very feeble denticulation, 33 ^ ; lateral 

 lines jy- 



Grey above and beneath, darker on the back; a blackish opercular spot; fins dark 

 grey, ventrals blackish; three large round orange spots, encircled with red, on the 

 posterior part of the anal fin. 



Measurements (in millimetres). 



Total length 105 



„ ,, (without caudal) 88 



Greatest depth of body 30 



Length of head 30 



Width of head 13 



Length of snout . . . . < 8 



Diameter of eye 10 



Interorbital width 9 



Length of last dorsal spine 13 



„ longest soft dorsal ray 20 



„ third anal spine 11 



„ longest soft anal ray 20 



5) pectoral 29 



