416 



CICHLID.E. 



Ventral produced into a filament, extending to vent or beyond. Caudal 

 feebly emarginate in the adult, truncate in the young. Caudal peduncle 

 1^ to IJ times as long as broad. Scales finely ctenoid, 33-3^ 



3-4 



y-io 



lateral 



lines 



20-25 

 13-1«- 



Olive-brown, Avith or without oblique cross-bars of mother- 

 of-pearl or silvery white, sometimes with ill-defined dark bars across the 

 the back; a very distinct, blue-black opercular spot; dorsal and anal 

 grey or blackish, often striated or spotted with white, the former edged 

 with yellow and black ; pectorals yellowish, ventrals white; caudal with 

 white spots and yelloAv bars, and edged with black or blackish. 



Total length 130 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



Msambu. 



1-8. Types. 



9. iSkel. 

 10. Type. 

 11-12. Ad. 

 13-15. Yg. 



N. end of L. Tanganyika. 



Kiizzaga 



Mshale. 



Kazzaga Market, 



Prof. J. E.S.Moore (C). 



Dr. W. A. Ounnington (0.). 



Pig. 285. 



Felmatochromis spekii. 

 Type(F.N.). |. 



30. FELMATOCHROMIS SPEKII. 



Bonleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 440, Fish. Nile, p. 486, pi. Ixxxviii. 



fig. 2 (1907), and Ann. Mus. Genova, (3) v. 1911, p. 69. 



Depth of body 2| to 3i times in total length, length of head 2§ to 



2f times. Head large, 2-^ to 2^ times as long as broad, with straight or 



slightly concave upper profile ; snout a little longer than broad, 1 (young) 



