TELMATOCHROMIS. 487 



,^'^°'"; I^it^ta. Dr. W. A. Cuiinlngton (C). 



10-14. \g. MtondvveBay. 



^^* ^'^- Kilc^Y;l Bay. Dr. L. Stappers (C). 



^^" ^'" T.. Tanganyika. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



2. TELMATOCHROMIS VITTATUS. 

 Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 10, pi. ii. fig. 2, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, 

 p. 4iC (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 298. 

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

 Head twice as long as broad ; profile of snout descending in a strong 

 curve ; snout as long as or a little longer than eye, which is 3f to 

 4 times in length of head and equals interovbital width ; mouth ex- 

 tending to below nostril; 12 to 16 large conical teeth in each jaw; 

 cheek naked. Gill-rakers very short and few. Dorsal XXl-XXII 8 ; 



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Tdmatocliromis vittatus. 

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



spines increasing in length to the last, which measures | length of head 

 and a little less than longest soft rays. Anal VII 5-6 ; last spine as 

 long as last dorsal. Pectoral f length of head. Ventral produced into 

 a short filament, reaching origin of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal pe- 

 dunclc as long as deep. Scales 45-52 j^; lateral lines y^y Yellowish ; 

 a dark brown lateral band from the upper lip, through the eye, to the 

 base of the caudal where it ends in a round spot; a second band 

 commences on the vertex and extends along the base of the dorsal ; 

 a few dark brown spots on the dorsal ; anal edged with dark brown ; 

 a vertical black bar at the base of the pectoral. 



Total length 78 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 

 1-2. Types. Mbity Rocks. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C.). 



