PAEATILAPIA. 



331 



Ij times as long as deep. Scales finely denticulate, 33-35 jjTio; lateral 

 lines Y^y^^- Olive above, whitish beneath ; a blackish stripe on each 

 side above the upper lateral line and another from the opercular spot to 

 the root of the caudal fin ; sometimes a blackish bar below the eye ; 

 dorsal, anal, and caudal fins greyish or blackish, ventrals black in 

 the male. 



Total length 120 millim. 



Lake Kivu. 

 1-3. Types. L. Kivu. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (CJ.). 



■4. Skel. ,, 5, 



5. Ad. „ Dr. H. Sclmbotz (C.) ; 



German C. African Expedition. 



15. PARATILAPIA COMPRESSICEPS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 240. 



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

 Head 4 times as long as broad, with slightly concave upper profile ; 

 lower jaw projecting, chin pointed; snout twice as long as broad, 



Fig. 222. 



Paratilapia compresskeps. 

 Type. |. 



longer than postocular part of head, a little over twice as long as eye^, 

 which is 6i times in length of head, equals interorbital width, and t 

 p,a;orbital depth; mouth very oblique, widely separated from vertical 

 of anterior border of eye ; teeth m 3 series, outer large and widely 



