232 



CICHLID.E. 



deptl) of the scaly part below the eye about f diameter of latter. Gill- 

 rakers short, some bifid, 7 or 8 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 

 XV-XVI 8-10 (usually 9) nearly equal in length from the fifth or sixth, 

 about f length of head ; longest soft rajs i to f length of head. Anal 

 III 8-9 (usually 9} ; third spine longest, as long as longest dorsals. 

 Pectoral acutely pointed, as long as or a little shorter than head, 

 reaching vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching, or nearly reaching, 

 origin of anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle If to If times as long 



rijr. 152. 



T'dapia pallida. 

 Type (Ann. Mus. Geneva, 1911). 



as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, very small on pectoral region, 30-33 

 ■y[r\2> lateral lines -gfj^. Yellowish or pale brownish, AA^th 6 to 8 more 

 or less distinct dark cross-bars, which may be traversed by a dark lateral 

 band extending from the eye to the caudal fin ; fins yellowish or pale 

 brownish, soft dorsal and caudal sometimes with small round dark spots. 



Total length 130 millim. 



Lake Victoria and Ripon Falls. — Types in Genoa Museum. 



1-1. Types. 



5-10. Ad. & hgr. 

 11-14. Types. 

 15. Skel. 



Bussii, L. Victoria. 



L. Victoria. 

 Jinja, Ripon Falls. 



Dr. E. Bayon (C.) ; Genoa 

 Mnsenm (P.). 



6G. TIL APIA PAPPESHEIMI. 



Bonleng. in Schubotz, AViss. Ergebn. Deutscli. Z.-Afr. Exped,, Zool. iii. p. 254, 

 pi. vii. fig. 1 (1914). 



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

 3^ times. Head 2^ to 2^ times as long as broad, upper profile forming 



