HAPLOCHEOMIS. 307 



22- Skel. Kaki.idu, Victoria Nile. D,-. E. Bayon (C.) ; 



„ , Genoa Museum (P.). 



23- Ad. Bululo, L. Kioga. 



^"^' ^'^' Victoria Nile, between L. Kioga F. H. Mellanj" Esq. (P.). 



and Murchison Falls. 



This species is completely connected with //. rJesfontamesii. 



16. HAPLOCHROMIS MOERUKXSIS. 

 Puvatilapla moeruensis, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 119, pi. xlv. fig. 2 

 ri899), and Poiss. Ba?s. Congo, p. 419 (1911) ; Pellegr. Me'ni. 8oc. Zool. 

 France, xvi. 1904, p. 2G2. 



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

 Snout with convex upper profile, as long as or a little longer than eye, 



U iiplochromis moeruensis. 

 Type (A. JI. C. 1899). 



Avhich is ^\ to 4:\ times in length of head and equals interorbital width; 



mouth not extending quite to below anterior border of eye ; lips thick, 



much developed ; teeth in 4 or 5 series, outer larger and conical or more 



or less distinctly bicuspid, 36 to 48 in upper jaw ; 3 or 4 series of scales 



on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to diameter of eye. Gill-rakers 



short, 7 to 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV-XVII 8-10 ; 



spines increasing in length to the last, which measures about ^ Xo \ 



length of head; longest soft rays |- to | length of head. Anal III 7-8; 



third spine as long as longest dorsal. Pectoral f to f length of head, 



not extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral produced into a 



filament, reaching vent or anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as 



long as deep. Scales more or less distinctly denticulate, 29-32 jj3j|; 



lateral lines yrnf. Olive-brown ; a blackish opercular spot ; a more or 



less distinct dark band above the upper lateral line and another behind 



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