150 



CiCHLlD-E. 



Head nearly twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, with concave upper 

 profile, slightly broader than long, about f postocular part of head ; 

 eye 5 times in length of head (3 J times in young), twice (once in 

 young) in interorbital width, equal to prteorbital depth ; mouth rather 

 large, nearly f width of head, extending to between nostril and eye ; 

 teeth in o to 8 series (3 in young), 46 (young) to 90 in outer series of 

 upper jaw*; 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part less 

 than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 19 to 21 on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal XVI-X VII 11-12 ; last spine louge>t, ^ length of 

 head ; longest soft ray J to | length of head. Anal IV 10-11 ; fourth 

 spine longest, a little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral as long as or 



Fijr. 97 1. 



TiUijjia hunteri. 

 Type. |. 



11 little shorter than head, reaching or nearly reaching vertical of origin 

 of nnal. Ventral reaching vent. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle 

 a little longer than deep. Scales cycloid, 34-36 — ^ ; lateral lines ~ii' 

 Dark hrown, tinged with rusty ; vertical fins and ventrals blackish. 



Totfil length 300 millim. 



Kilimanjaro. 



1. Type, skin. ('rater L:ike, Kilimanjiiro. H. C. V. Hunter, Esq. (P.). 



2-4. Yg., and head L. Chain, E. o£ Kilimanjaro. A. Bkiyney Peicival, Esq. 

 ol' ad. (P.). 



* Some of the outer teeth conical in (he adult. 



t Jn this nud several of the following figures, one of the outer teeth of the upper 

 jaw is i-epresented, strongly magnified ; in all the figures the enlargement is the same in 

 proportion to the specimen. 



