PAEATILAPIA. 



3G3 



at the base of the caudal ; these spots less distinct in males, which are 

 much darker, sometimes blackish brown above and below, with the top 

 of the head and back golden yellow, and with the dorsal and anal fins 

 yellow, usually black at the base, or with round black spots on the soft 

 portion of the dorsal; pectorals yellowish, ventrals yellowish in females, 

 often black in males. 



Total length 130 miUim. 



Lake Nyassa. 



1-20. Types. L. Nyassa. Oapt. E. L. Rhoades (P.). 



21,22. Skels. 



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23-25. Ad. „ gir H H_ Johnston (P.). 



Fig. 246. 



Paratilapia cliryscnoia. 

 Type. 



44. PARATILAPIA INTERMEDIA. 



Uemicliromis intermedins, Giiiith. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 312. 

 Paratilapia intermedia, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 145 ; Pellegr. Mem. 

 Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 269. 



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

 times. Head 2 to 2j times as long as broad, with straight or slightly 

 concave upper profile ; snout rather pointed, as long as broad or a little 

 longer than broad, shorter than postocular part of head ; eye 3 to 4 

 times in length of head, equal to or rather more than interorbital width, 



