496 



CiCHLlD^. 



spine a little longer than dorsals. Pectoral f length of head. Ventral 

 reaching vent. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle deeper than long. 

 Scales feebly denticulate, 32-35 jj^j-g ; lateral lines -g:^. Brownish 

 grey or blackish brown, with scattered dots of a brilliant blue. 



Total length 75 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



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



Dr. W.A. Cunnington (C). 



Pig. 343. 



,<.Vi:*j 



-rr' "$- ^*. -''Vi 



Eretmodus cyanoslictus. 

 Type (Tr. Z. 8. 1898). | 



35. SPATHODUS. 



Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 152 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. Clongo, p. 484 

 (1901) ; Pellegr. ]\Lem. Hoc. Zool. Franop, xvi. 1904, p. 361. 



Body moderately elongate ; scales ctenoid ; two incomplete lateral 

 linos. A single series of large teeth with elongate cylindrical sh;ift and 

 expanded rounded-subtruncate crown ; maxillary concealed when the 

 mouth is closed. Dorsal with 23 spines, anal with 3 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1. SPATHODUS ERYTHRODON. 

 Bouleng. 11. cc, Ann. pi. lii. fig. 2 ; Pellegr. 1. c. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 3 times in total length. 

 Head twice as long as broad ; snout as long as broad, convex, li times 

 as long as eye, which is 4 times in length of head and equals inter- 

 orbital width ; mouth with much developed lips, extending to below 



