PARATILAPIA. 



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XV 12-13 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which is ^ length of 

 head; longest soft rays nearly as long as head. Anal III 10; third 

 spine I length of head. Pectoral as long as head, reaching vertical of 

 origin of anal. Ventral reaching beyond origin of anal. Caudal 

 rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or a little deeper than long. 



3- • 21-23 



Scales cycloid, 31-33 jy. lateral lines ^^^a- O^i^^ above, pale green 

 beneath, with a purplish-brown bar at the base of the scales ; pectorals 



rig. 240. 



Pantiilajna gibhiceps. 

 Type(Tr, Z._S. 1911). |. 



pale olive, ventrals dark olive ; dorsal, anal, and caudal greyish ; dorsal 

 edged with red, the soft part with regular series of round purplish- 

 brown spots ; similar spots on the caudal ; anal with round pink spots. 



Total length 200 millim. 



Lake Ngami Basin. 

 1-2. Types. Okovango E. R. B. Woosnam, Esq. (C). 



37. PAHATILAPIA FREDKEICI. 

 Chromysfrederici, Casteln. Mem. Poiss. Afr. Aush-. p. 15 (1861). 

 Chromidotilapia {'i!) /rederici, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Hoc. 1898, p. 151. 

 Faratilapia fredemi, Bouleng. Tr. Zool. See. xviii. 1911, p. 409, pi. xxxix. fig. 1. 

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

 Head twice, or a little over twice, as long as broad, upper profile slightly 



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