PAKATILAPIA. 



519 



lines 



20 

 6-12' 



Brown above, yellowish below ; two dark brown stripes on 

 each side, the upper above the upper lateral line, the lower wider and 

 extending from the eye to the caudal fin; dorsal, caudal, and pectoral 

 brownish, other fins yellowish. 



Total length 150 millim. 



Lake Victoria and Victoria Nile. — Type in Genoa Museum. 

 1. AJ. L. Victoria. Dr. E. Bayoii (C.) ; Genoa Museum (P.). 



Fig. 211. 



Paraiilapia f/esiri. 

 Type (Ann. Mlis. Gen. 1911). f. 



5. PARATILAPIA LOXGIMANUH. 

 Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xviii. 1911, p. -ill, pi. xl. 



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

 times. Head 2 to 2| times as long as broad, upper profile straight or 

 slightly concave; lower jaw slightly projecting beyond upper; snout 

 obtusely pointed, as long as broad, shorter than postocular part of head ; 

 eye 4 to 5 times in length of head, equal to or slightly greater than 

 interorbital width or prseorbital depth ; mouth very protractile, extending 

 to below anterior border of eye ; prtemaxillary processes very long, 

 extending to between the eyes ; teeth small, in 2 or 3 series, 02 to 60 

 in outer series of upper jaw ; 5 or 6 series of scales on the cheek, width 

 of scaly part equal to or a little greater than diameter of eye. Gill- 

 rakers short, posterior truncate or T-shaped, 9 to 11 on lower part of 



