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CICHLID^. 



times as long as head. Anal III 8-11 ; third spine a little shorter but 

 stouter than last dorsal. Pectoral f length of head, not extending to 

 vertical of ori^^in of anal. Ventral reaching vent or anal. Caudal 

 rounded. Caudal peduncle nearly as long as deep. Scales usually finely 

 denticulate, sometimes all cycloid, 28-30 ^^^J > lf»teral lines iqZu. 

 Dark brown or blackish, uniform or with bluish-white spots, or olive 

 with more or less distinct dark cross-bars and a black opercular spot ; 

 fins blackish. 



Total length 205 millim. 



Madiigascar. — Types in Leyden Museum. 



Pi". 209. 



Paratilapia cerasogaster. 

 Type (A. M. C). %. 



2. PARATILAPIA CERASOGASTER. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 118, pi. xlv. fig. 1 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 420 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 260. 

 Depth of body equal to length of head, 21 to 2| times in total length. 

 Head 2\ times as long as broad ; snout with straight upper profile, as 

 long as broad, as long as eye, which is SJ times in length of head, 

 equals interorbital width, and exceeds prseorbital depth; mouth with 

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

 processes very long, extending to between the eyes ; teeth in 4 or 5 



