HAPLOCHEOMIS. 497 



ventral, and anal fins ochre-yellow, the latter with an orange spot with dark centre. 

 Iris white, with a reddish circle round the pupil. 

 Total length 98 millimetres. 



Measurements (in millimetres). 



Total length (without caudal) 82 70 



Greatest depth of body 25 20 



Length of head 30 24 



Width of head 14 11 



Length of snout 9 8 



Diameter of eye 8 6 



Interorbital width 8 7 



Length of last dorsal spine 11 9 



,, longest soft dorsal ray 15 11 



,, third anal spine 11 9 



„ longest soft anal ray 1.2 11 



„ pectoral 20 16 



This species is described from two specimens obtained in Lake Victoria at Entebbe 

 on June 1st, 1905, by Mr. E. Degen. 



2. HAPLOCHEOMIS STRIGIGENA. 

 (Plate XC, fig. 2.) 



Ctenochromis strigigena, Pfeffer, Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. x. 1893, p. 155, pi. ii. figs. 5-8, and 



Thierw. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 18, fig. (1896). 

 Chromis multicolor, Schoeller, Blatter f. Aquarien u. Terrarien Kunde, xiv. 1903, p. 185, fig. 

 Paratilapia multicolor, Hilgendorf, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berlin, 1903, p. 429. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, twice and two-thirds to three times in total 

 length. Snout with straight or slightly convex profile, as long as or a little shorter 

 than the eye, which is three to three and a half times in the length of the head and 

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

 eye ; three or four series of small, closely-set teeth in each jaw, those of the outer 

 series a little larger, bicuspid in females and young, unicuspid in males ; three 

 series of scales on the cheek, the depth of the scaly part below the eye a little less 

 than the diameter of the eye ; large scales on the opercle. Gill-rakers very short, 

 7 to 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal fin with 13 to 15 spines and 8 to 10 

 soft rays ; spines subequal or increasing slightly in length posteriorly, the last about 

 one-third the length of the head ; soft portion rounded, the longest ray half xo 



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