48G 



ClCHLIDiE. 



3 J times. Head twice as long as deep; the profile descending in a 

 curve ; snout about 1| times as long as eye, which is 4 to 4^ times in 

 length of head and equal to or a little less than iuterorbital width ; 

 mouth extending to below anterior border of eye; 8 to 12 large conical 

 teeth in each jaw; cheek naked. Gill-rakers very short and few. 

 Dorsal XVIII-XXI 6-8 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which 

 measures ^ to ^ length of head ; longest soft rays § to f lengtli of head. 

 Anal Vl-YII 6-7 ; last spine as long as or a little longer than last 

 dorsal. Pectoral about f length of head, ^'antral produced into a 

 filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal 

 peduncle as long as deep or a little deeper than long. Scales 

 40-47 yKj<^ ; lateral lines o:^- . Brown or olive, with or without irregular 



Fig. 336. 



TelmatocJiromis temporalv. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1898). | 





^s(ig0^ 



dark blotches, the young sometimes with dark cross-bars ; a dark or 

 orange band from the eye to the gill-cover ; a vertical black bar, which 

 may be edged with whitish behind, at the base of the pectoral ; vertical 

 fins with round dark spots, caudal and anal sometimes spotted with 

 yellow and white. 



Total length So millim. 

 Lake Tanganyika. 



1-2. Types. Kiny.imkolo. 



'5- Type. Mbity Rocks, 



■i- ^^- Kibwesi. 

 5. Skel. 



•^-7. Hot. Msbale. 



^'- Yg. Xiamkolo Id. 



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



Dr. AV. A. Cunnington (C). 



