344 



CICHLID.E. 



26. PAHATILAPIA GTNEREA. 

 Bouleno-. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xdi. 190G, p. 439, and Fish. Nile, p. 478, 

 pi. Ixxxvi. fig. 4 (1907). 



Depth of body a little greater than length of head, 3 times in total 

 length. Head 2^ times as long as broad ; snout as long as broad, 

 deeper than long, with steep oblique upper profile, a little shorter than 

 eye, which is 3 times in length of head, equals interorbital width and 

 twice preeorbital depth ; mouth slightly oblique, extending to below 

 anterior border of eye ; teeth small, in 4 series, outer largest and feebly 

 curved, 44 in upper jaw, some of the inner more or less distinctly tri- 

 cuspid; 3 scries of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part § diameter 



Fiff. 232. 





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l'araiiUil>M ciiiere((. 



Type (P. N.). 



of eye. Gill-rakers short, truncate, bi- or tricuspid, 9 on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal XVI 8 ; spines increasing in length to the last, 

 which measures | length of head ; longest soft rays § length of head. 

 Anal III 8 ; third spine a little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral as 

 long as head, extending a little beyond vertical of origin of anal. 

 Ventral reaching a little beyond origin of anal. Caudal truncate. 

 Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales very feebly denticu- 

 late, 33 jg; lateral lines jj. Grey above and beneath, darker on the 

 back ; a blackish opercular spot ; fins dark grey, ventrals blackish ; 

 three large round orange spots, encircled with red, on the anal fin. 



Total length 105 millira. 



Lake Victoria. 



1- 'I'ype. Bugaiicra. Mr. E. Degen (C). 



