370 



CICHLID.E. 



spines increasing in length to the last, which measures ^ to f length 

 of head ; soft rays only a little longer, unless produced into filaments. 

 Anal III 12-14 ; third spine a little shorter but stouter than last 

 dorsal. Pectoral f to f length of head, extending to vertical of origin 

 of anal. Ventral reaching vent. Caudal deeply notched. Caudal 

 peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Scales cycloid or indistinctly 



6 54-69 



denticulate, 60-69 jg:3g ; lateral lines 3573^, the upper extending to 

 caudal peduncle or to root of caudal. Brownish above; silvery white 



Fig. 251. 



Pai-atUapia stenosoma. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1901). i 



beneath, with or without blackish spots and longitudinal bands ; dorsal 

 blackish at the tips of the raj s. 



Total length 240 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1-2. Tvjics. S. end of L. Tanoanyika, Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



3. Type. Maswa, S. ol: Ujiji. 



4- Ad. Kaboge. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 



50. PARATILAPIA SIIOROLEPIS. 

 T'dapla microJepis, Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1899, p. 94, pi. xx. fio-. .3, Ann. 

 Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 151, pi. Iv. fig. 3 (1900), Poiss, Bass. Congo, p. 478 

 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 158, and xvii. 190G, p. 572, 

 Bonlengerochromis microlepis, Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 304. 

 Depth of body 3^ to 4 times in total length, length of head 3 to 

 3^ times. Head 2 to 2i times as long as broad, with feebly curved 

 upper profile; snout obtusely pointed, longer than broad, as long as 



