HAPLOCl-IKOMIS. 



287 



longer tlian deep. Scales finely denticulate, 33-36 r^~„; lateral lines 



22-24 



12-13' 



la-le- Silvery, largely and irregularly marbled with blackish, or olive 

 speckled and spotted or marbled with dark brown ; a dark bar may 

 extend from below the eye to the angle of the mouth and two dark bars 



Yvr 104. 



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lIi{j)luclii'omis lii'i nystoiiii. 

 Type, after Giinther (P. Z. S. 1893). «. 



may be present across the head, from eye to eye ; dorsal, caudal, and 

 pectoral fins usually with round blackish spots ; ventral and anal 

 usually blackish. 



Total length 190 millim. 



Lake Nyassa and Upper Shire Eiver. 



1. Tvj)e. L. Nya^.sa or Upper Sliire. 



2. Ad. L- Nyassii. 

 ;5. Yg. 

 4. All. Upper Shirt". 



Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). 

 Capt. E. L. Rhoades (P.) . 

 Dr. W. A, Cunnington (C). 

 Di-. Percy Kendall (C.) ; 

 Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). 



2. HAPLOCHROMIS VENUSTUS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. ct lUg. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 241. 



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

 Snout with straight upper profile, 1| to If diameters of eye, which is 4 

 to 4A times in length of head, ]^ to 1^ times in interorbital width, and 

 equal to or a little less than least depth of prajorbital ; lower jaw not 

 proiecung ; mouth not extending to below anterior border of eye ; 

 outer teeth moderately large, all conical or some bicuspid, 56 to 74 in 

 upper iaw followed by 3 or 4 series of small conical teeth ; 3 or 4 

 seiies of stales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to or a little 



