440 



CICHLID.E. 



3. BATHYBATES HOHNI. 

 Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wieii, cxx. i. 1911, p. 1173, pi. ii. 



Depth of body 4^ times in total length, length of head 2f times. 

 Snout longer than postocular part of head; lower jaw projecting ; eye 

 3f times in length of head, exceeding interorbital width ; month not 

 extending to below anterior border of eye ; 3 series of teeth m the npper 

 jaw; 9 series of scales on the cheek. 9 gill-rakers on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal XIV 14; spines snbequal, f length of head; 



Fig. 300. 



rf^^ 



Bathyhates horni. 

 Ty])e, after Steindachner (1. c). 



longest soft rays I length of head. Anal III 17 ; spines slender, third 

 as long as dorsals. Pectoral about f length of head, not extending to 

 vertical of origin of anal. Ventral nearly reaching anal. Candal deeply 

 notched. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales 85 35 ; lateral 



80 



lines -_^ij. Head with 4, body with 14 sharply defined dark brown vertical 

 bars ; dorsal fin with a dark edge. 



Total length 240 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. — Type in Vienna Museum. 



4. BATHYBATES VITTATUS. 

 Buuleng. Bev. Zool. Afr. iii. 1914, p. 445. 



Depth of body 4|- times in total length, length of head 3 times. 

 Head 2^ times as long as broad; snout with slightly convex upper 

 profile, much longer than broad, longer than postocular part of head ; 

 lower jaw projecting; eye twice in length of snout, 4^ times in length 



