492 CICHLID^. 



1. One of the tjpes. Sesse Ids. Dr. E. Bayon (C.) ; 



Genoa Museum (P.). 



2. Ad. „ )' " 



3. Skel. ,, " " 

 4-9. Ad. & hgr. L. Victoria. -,, i' 



10. Ad. Jinja, Kipoii Falls. „ ;> 



.3. HEMITILAPIA MATERFAMILIAS. 



Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, xxxvii. 1913, p. 313. 



Depth of body 2^ to 2| times in total length, length of head 2f to 

 3 times. Head with curved upper profile; snout obtuse; eye 3 to 3| 

 times in length of head, equal to or a little less than length of snout or 

 interorbital width ; lower jaw feebly projecting ; mouth extending to 

 below anterior border of eye ; teeth in 5 or 6 series in the upper jaw ; 

 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek. 8 or 9 gill-rakers on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal XY-XVI 9 ; spines slightly increasing in length 

 posteriorly, last 2J to 2| times in length of head. Anal III 8-9 ; third 

 spine slightly shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral as long as or a little 

 longer than length of head, extending beyond A'ertical of origin of anal. 

 Ventral reaching anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle as long 

 as or a little longer than deep. Scales denticulate, 31-33 -jyzi2- Olive 

 above, silvery beneath ; 7 or 8 dark bars on the body, and a better- 

 defined black longitudinal band on the posterior part of the body. 



Total length 138 millim. 



Lake Victoria. — Types in Paris Museum. 



32. CHILOCHROMIS. 



Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, ii. p. 236 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 

 1904, p. 353. 



Body moderately elongate ; scales cycloid ; two incomplete lateral 

 lines. Jaws with very broad bands of bristle-like movable teeth with 

 club-shaped inbent crowns ; rami of lower jaw approximated, spatulate 

 in front, connected with the upper jaw by a broad thin lip. T^Iaxillary 

 concealed under the prseorbital when the mouth is closed. Dorsal fin 

 with 16 or 17 spines, anal with 3. 



Chiloango System. 



