CICHLID^. 



anterior arch. Dorsal XV 13; spines increasing in length to the last, 

 which is f to I length of head ; longest soft rays -| to f length of head. 

 Anal III 9-10 ; third spine -g- to -^ length of head. Pectoral as long as 

 head, reaching vertical of origin of anal or beyond. Ventral reaching 

 vent or anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 



Scales not or but very indistinctly denticulate, 34-37 



4-4| 

 11 



lateral 



lines 



23-25 

 14-15- 



Females olive-brown above, yellowish beneath, with ill- 

 defined or irregular darker cross-bands ; vertical fins brown with round 



Yiff. 212. 



Paratilapia longimanus. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1911). i. 



darker spots; pectorals dark olive or blackish. Males dark brown to 

 blackish, the scales on the body pale greyish brown in the centre, 

 vertical fins and pectoral with a broad light edge, anal with round 

 white spots. 



Total length 240 millim. 



Lake Ngami basin. 



1-4. Types. 



Okovango E. 



il. B. Woosnam, Esq. (C). 



6. PARATILAPIA ANGUSTICEPS. 

 ? Clronvjs levaillautii, Casteln. Mem. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. IG (1861). 

 Paratilapia anc/ustirrjis, Bouleng. Ann. & Mug. N. H. (7) xx. 1907, p. 108 and 



Tr. Zool. Soc. xviii. 1911, p. 414, pi. xlii. 

 Pamiilapia kajui-nsis^ Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 494. 



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

 3 times. Head strongly compressed, 21 to 3 times as long as broad. 



