338 



CICHLID.1:. 



feebly denticulate, 31-34 ^, ; lateral lines 1^,. Brown.sh abo^e, 

 whitish beneath ; a blackish opercular spot ; soft dorsal and caudal wrth 

 series of round dark spots betvyeen the rays; two bright ocellar spots on 

 the anal in the male. 



Total length 180 millim. 



Lake Victoria and Victoria Nile.-Types in Genoa Museum. 



I. One of the types. Sesse Id.. l^-E- Baj^n (0.) ; 



Genoa Museum (P.). 



2-5. Hgr. & yg. Bululo, L. Kioga. ., 



Fis. 227. 



Paratilapia hayom. 

 Type (Ann. Mus. Gen. 1909). f . 



21. PARATILAPIA CHILOTES. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Gciiova, (3) v. 1911, p. G8, pi. ii. fig. 2. 



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

 Head 2J times as long as broad ; snout pointed, with straight or 

 slio'htly convex upper profile, 1| times as long as eye, which is 4 times 

 in length of head, equals interorbital width, and exceeds least depth of 

 preeorbital ; jaws equal in front ; maxillary not extending to below 

 anterior border of eye ; lips very thick, both produced into a globular 

 swelling projecting beyond the mouth ; teeth very small, conical, 24 to 

 30 in outer row of upper jaw, followed by a few irregularly disposed 

 minute t^eth in the middle ; 3 series of scales on the cheek, width 



