PAEATILAPIA. 



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series, of outer series rather large, 34 to 40 in upper jaw ; 3 or 4 series 

 of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part nearly equal to diameter of 

 eye. Gill-rakers short, 9 or 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 

 XIV-XV 10-11 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which 

 measures a little over ^length of head; longest soft rays | length of 

 head. Anal III 7 ; third spine stronger but a little shorter tlian last 

 dorsal. Pectoral hardly § length of head, not extending to vertical of 

 origin of anal. Ventral produced into a filament, reaching anal. 

 Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales cycloid, 

 27-28 j2 > lateral lines ^^ . Purplish brown above, cheek and opercle 

 yellow, belly carmine-red ; a large black spot on the operculum and 

 another on the posterior part of the spinous dorsal, which is dark 

 ■f)urplish ; soft dorsal carmine-red ; ventral carmine-red, edged witli 

 black. 



Total length 80 millim. 



Upper Congo. — Types in Congo Museum, Tervuercn. 

 1-2. Types. Utanda, L. Leopold II. 11. V. Delhez (C). 



Fig. 210. 



Faratilapia wacrocepluthi. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



3. PAEATILAPIA MACROf!EPHALA. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mns. Congo, Zool. i. p. 121, pi, xlv. fig. 4 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 415 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 2GG. 



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

 times. Head 2 J to 2^ times as long as broad; snout with straight 

 upper profile, a little shorter than postocular part of head ; eye 3 J to 

 4^ times in length of head, equal to or greater than interorbital width, 

 much exceeding prseorbital depth ; mouth extending to below anterior 



