292 



CICHLIDiE. 



to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching anal. Caudal truncate. 

 Caudal peduncle Ij times as long as deep. Scales denticulate, 32- 

 34 j^; lateral lines f2r[3. Back olive, sides and belly silvery; two black 

 bands along the body, the upper above the lateral line ; fins yellow. 



Total length 93 millim. 



Lake Victoria. — Types in Paris Museum. 



6. HAPLOCHROMIS ANGDSTIFRONS. 



Bouleng. in Schubotz, Wiss. Ergebii. Deutsch. Z.-Afr. Exped. v., Zool. iii. p. 256, 

 pi. ix. (1914). 



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

 times. Snout with straight or slightly convex upper profile, as long as 



Fig. 19S. 



IJtqdochromis angustifrons. 

 Type (Deutsch. Z.-Afr. Exped.). 



eye, or a little shorter in the young; eye 3 to SJ times in length of head, 

 exceeding interorbital width and prseorbital depth ; jaws equal or lower 

 slightly projecting; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye or 

 a little beyond ; teeth small, in 3 or 4 series, outer largest and conical 

 or bicuspid, or partly conical and partly bicuspid, 48 to 60 in upper jaw, 

 the others tricuspid ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly 

 part less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 8 or 9 on lower part 

 of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XVI 9-10 ; spines increasing in length 

 to the last, which measures f to i length of head ; longest soft rays i'to 

 § length of head. Anal III 8-9 ; third spine nearly as long as and 



