6-Ji 



CICHLID.E. 



dark or ocellar spots forining single series between the rays ; pectorals 

 greyish olive ; ventrals greyish olive or blackish. 



Total length 220 millim. 



Lake Ngami Basin. — Type lost. 

 1_3. Ad. Okovango R. R- B. Woosnam, Esq. (C). 



4. 5. Skcl. 



39. PAUATILAPIA MELLANDI. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 190.5, p. 64(5. 



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

 Head a little over twice as long as broad ; snout obtusely pointed, with 



Fig. 243. 





Paraiilapia mellandi. 

 Type. 6.. 



Straight upper protile, as long as broad, as long as postocular part of 

 head, 1^ to 1| times as long as eye, which is 4 to 4| times in length 

 of head, and equals interorbital width or praeorbital depth ; mouth 

 moderate, extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth in 3 or 4 series, 

 outer largest, 36 to 50 in upper jaw; 4 series of scales on the cheek, 

 width of scaly part equal to diameter of eye or a little more. Lower 

 pharyngeal teeth with spherical crowns. Gill-rakers short, 10 to 13 on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV 13-14 ; spines increasing in 

 length to the seventh or to the last, which measures f to nearly ^ length 

 of head ; longest soft rays about § length of head. Anal III 9-10 ; 



