516 



CICHLIDJE. 



oblique, extending to below the anterior border of the eye or a little beyond ; teeth 

 in three to five series in both jaws, outer largest and numbering 30 to 50 in the upper 

 jaw ; three or four series of scales on the cheek, the depth of the scaly part a little 

 less than the diameter of the eye; large scales on the opercle. Gill-rakers short, 7 to 9 

 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal fin with 15 or 16 spines and 8 or 9 soft 

 rays; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures two-fifths to half the 

 length of the head; longest soft rays three-fifths to two-thirds the length of the 

 head. Anal fin with 3 spines and 8 or 9 soft rays ; third spine as long as and 

 stronger than the last dorsal. Pectoral fin as long as the head, extending to the 

 vertical of the origin of the anal or a little beyond. Ventral fin reaching the origin of 

 the anal or a little beyond. Caudal fin truncate. Caudal peduncle once and one-third 

 to once and two-thirds as long as deep. Scales strongly denticulate, 30-34 j^' 

 lateral lines jqExjj. 



Pale olive or reddish brow T n above, white or grey beneath ; belly sometimes (in males) 

 blackish ; usually two blackish cross-bars on the upper surface of the snout and a 

 broader one on the occiput ; a black vertical bar below the anterior third of the eye, 

 rarely indistinct or absent; a black opercular spot ; more or less indistinct dark bars on 

 the body, and a lateral series of blackish blotches sometimes confluent into a longitudinal 

 band; dorsal fin greyish, usually with small darker or lighter spots; anal and lower 



Measurements (in millimetres). 



Total length . . . 



,, „ (without caudal) . . . 



Greatest depth of body 



Length o£ head 



Width of head 



Length of snout 



Diameter of eye . . . 



Interorbital width 



Length of last dorsal spine 



„ longest soft dorsal ray 



„ third anal spine 



,, longest soft anal ray . 



,, pectoral 



110 

 82 

 31 

 26 

 13 



13 

 19 

 13 



18 

 28 



90 

 75 



27 



25 



12 



7 



7 



7 



11 



16 



11 



16 



26 



80 



m 



24 



2L 



10 



6 



6 



6 



11 



15 



11 



17 



21 



20 



20 



9 



6 



6 



6 



9 



12 



9 



10 



20 



