150 



CIGHLIL.E. 



Head nearly twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, with concave upper 

 profile, slightly broader than long, about f postocular part of head ; 

 eye 5 times in length of head (3| times in young), twice (once in 

 young) in interorbital width, equal to preeorbital depth ; mouth rather 

 large, nearly f- width of head, extending to between nostril and eye ; 

 teeth in 5 to 8 series (3 in young), 46 (young) to 90 in outer series of 

 upper jaw*; 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part less 

 than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 19 to 21 on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal XVI-XV1I 1 1-12 ; last spine longest, |- length of 

 head ; longest soft ray \ to -§• length of head. Anal IV 10-11 ; fourth 

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



IV. 97 1. 



Tilapxa hunteri. 

 Type. f. 



a little shorter than head, reaching or nearly reaching vertical of origin 

 of anal. Ventral reaching vent. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle 

 a little longer than deep. Scales cycloid, 34-36 -r-h^; lateral lines ,4—.- 

 Dark brown, tinged with rusty ; vertical fins and ventrals blackish. 



Total length 300 millim. 



Kilimanjaro. 



1. Type, skin. Crater Lake, Kilimanjaro. H. C. V. Hunter, Esq. (P.). 



--J. Yg., and head L. Chala, E. of Kilimanjaro. A. Blayney Percival, Esq. 

 of ad. (P.). 



* Some of the outer teeth conical in the adult. 



f ]n this and several of the following figures, one of the outer teeth of the upper 

 jaw is represented, strongly magnified; in all the figures the enlargement is the same in 

 proportion to the specimen. 



