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CICHLID^<:. 



spine about ^ length of head. Pectoral about f length of head, widely 

 separated from anal. Ventral not reaching vent. Caudal rounded. 

 Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales with strong marginal denticu- 

 lation, 30-31 ^^ ; lateral lines ^j- ; scales on occiput and nape very 

 small. Olive-brown above, some of the scales black at the base; 5 or 

 6 more or less indistinct dark cross-bands; a blackish opercular spot; 

 dorsal and caudal fins with small dark spots ; a fine blackish edge to the 

 dorsal and to the caudal above and beneath. 



Total length 115 millim. 



Upper Congo. — Types in Brussels Museum. 

 1. One o£ the tj'pps. Lindi R. 



2-3. Ad. & yg. 



Stanley Falls. 



M. M. Storms (C.) ; 



Brussels Museum (P.). 

 Dr. C. Chri^.ty (C). 



G2. TILAPIA HORII. 



Chromis /lori't, Guntli. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 630, pi. Iviii. fig. A. 



Tilapia liorii, Bouleng. Proc, Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 122, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, 



p. 4G3 (1901) ; Pellegr. M(5m. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 328 

 Tilapia rubrop^i aetata, Bonleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1899, p. 93, pi. xx. fig. 2, Ann. 



Mu3. Congo, Zool. i. p. 14.9, pi. Iv. fig. 1 (1900), and Poiss. Ba<s. Congo, 



p. 4G4. 



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

 2-| times. liead 2} to 2| times as long as broad ; snout with straight 



Fig. l.')0. 



M,7'NNv 



Tilapia Jiorii. 

 Type of T. ruhropimctata (Tr. Z. S. 1899). 



upper profile, longer than broad, as long as postocular part of head, IJ 

 to 2 times as long as eye, which is.4 to 4f times in length of head and 



