17G 



CICIILIDJE. 



Anal III 9-11 ; third spine ^ to f length of head. Pectoral 1 

 to 1^ times as long as head, reaching vertical of origin of anal, 

 or beyond. Ventral reaching vent, or not quite so far. Caudal 

 truncate or slightly emarginate. Caudal peduncle deeper than long. 

 Scales cycloid, 28-31 nr^; lateral lines ^rnr- Olive-brown above, 

 yellowish beneath, with 5 to 9 more or less distinct dark vertical bars on 



Fur. 112. 







nap 





&P 



!*S-Si. 



T'dapia multifasciata. 

 Type, after Giinther (I. c). g. 



the side ; a black opercular spot ; a more or less distinct black spot 

 (ocellar in the young) on the basal part of the origin of the soft dorsal. 



Total length 140 millim. 



Gold Coast. 



1-15. Types. Luke Busum-chi. R. B. N. Walker, Esq. (0.) ; 



Dr. A. Giinther (P.). 



17. TILAPIA MACROOEPHALA. 



Sarothrrodon melanotheron (nora. nud.), Riipp. Verz. Mus. Senck. iv. p. 21 (1852) ; 



Giinth. Cat. Fish, iv. p. 273 (1862). 

 Chromis macroceplialus (Bleek.), Giinth. 1. c. 

 Melanogenes macroceplialus, Bleek. Nat. Verb. Vet. Haarlem, xviii. 1863, no. 2, 



p. 3G, pi. vi. fig. 2. 

 Tilapia macrocephala, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1809, p. 115 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soe. 



Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 31G. 



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



