490 



CICHLID,E. 



pointed, Ij (young) to 2 times as long as eye, which is 3j to nearly 

 5 times in length of head and nearly equals interorbital width ; mouth 

 extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth in 3 or 4 series in each 

 jaw, the outer much larger than the others and numbering 50 to 80 in 

 upper jaw ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers short, 

 12 or 13 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI 10-11; spines 

 increasing in length to the last, which measures f to nearly ^ length of 

 head; longest soft rays nearly as long as head in adult, \ in young. 

 Anal III 9 ; third spine shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral shorter than 

 liead, not extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral not reaching 



Fi?. 339. 



JIeinttila2>ia oxijrhijiuliiis. 

 Type. f. 



anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. 

 Scales very finely denticulate, 34-36 ^^; lateral lines %~~. Brown 

 above, whitish beneath; a blackish opercular spot; young with a dark 

 brown blotch on each side of the back below the spinous dorsal, a second 

 below the soft dorsal, and a third at the base of the caudal fin; small 

 round light spots on the soft dorsal. 



Total length 180 millim. 



Lake Nyassa. 



1. Type. 



2. Skel. 



3. Yn. 



N vassa. 



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

 <'apt. E. L. Illioades(P.). 



