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of anal or beyond. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle 1^ 1o U times 

 as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 30-34^,; lateral lines 

 j^r Males grey or brown, with or without darker bars on the sides, 

 the belly sometimes blackish; a dark vertical bar below the eye; 

 vertical fins dark brown, anal sometimes with two or three large bright 

 ocellar spots; ventrals black or blackish. Females uniform brown 

 above and white beneath, with a more or less distinct dark opercular 

 spot ; fins greyish, soft dorsal and caudal witli small round lower spots. 



Total length 150 millim. 



Lake Kivu. — Types in Berlin Museum. 

 1-2. Two of the types. L. Kivu. Dr. H. Sdinbotz (C.) ; 



Geinian C. African Exped. 



12. HAPLOCHROMIS STRIGIGENA. 



CteuncJiromis striy'ufena, Pt'eff. Jalirb. Haml). Wiss. Anst. x. 180;?, p. 155, pi. ii. 



f5gs. 5-8, and Thierw. O.-Afr., Fisclie, p. 18, fig. (1806). 

 CJiromis nndticolor, iSelioeller, Bl. Aq. Terr. K. xiv. 1003, p. 185, fig. 

 Faratihipia multicolor, Hilgend. 8itzh. Ges. iiiitnri;. Fr. Berlin, 1003, p. 120. 

 Jliqdocltromis stri(ji<jena, Bonleng. Fisli. Nile, p. 497, pi. xc. fig. 2 (1007). 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 2f to 3 times in total length. 

 Snout with straight or slightly convex profile, as hmg as or a little 



Pig. 203. 



Haploeliromis strigvjena. 

 Alexanrlria (F. N.). 



shorter than eye, which is 3 to 3^ times in length of head and equals 

 interorbital width ; maxillary extending to below anterior border of 

 eye; 3 or 4 series of small, closely-set teeth in each jaw, those of the 

 outer series a little larger, bicuspid in females and young, unicuspid in 

 males; 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part a little less 

 than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers very short, 7 to 9 on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal XIII-XV 8-10; spines subequal or increasing 

 slightly in length posteriorly, the last about \ length of head ; soft 

 portion rounded, longest ray \ to I length of head. Anal III 6-8 ; 



