252 



CICHLID.E. 



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

 reaching origin of anal or not quite so far. Ventral reaching vent or 

 a little beyond. Caudal feebly emarginate, the rays covered with small 

 scales. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1J times as long as deep. Scales finely 



. 3 X ~4- 20-24 



denticulate, 33-35 jf^ > lateral lines j^j- Brownish above, silvery 

 beneath, with a blackish lateral stripe from the opercular spot to the 

 root of the caudal ; a second stripe may be present between the upper 

 lateral line and the dorsal fin ; both these stripes may be broken up 



Fig. 169. 



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Tilapia hirhii. 

 Type, after Giinther (P. Z. S. 1893). 



into spots; soft dorsal and caudal with small dark and light spots 

 forming more or less regular series. 



Total length 150 millim. 



Lake Nyassa and Upper Shire. 



1-5. Types. Lake Nyassa and Upper Shire. A. Whyte, Esq. (0.) ; 



Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). 

 Capt. E. L. Rhoades (P.). 



» 

 Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). 

 Dr. P. Eendell (C.) ; 

 Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). 

 Upper A. Whyte, Esq. (C.) ; 



Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). 



6. Ad. 



L. Nyassa. 



7. Skel. 



?> 



8-17. Yg. 



Fort Johnston. 



8-22. Ad. 



Upper Shire. 



3-25. Yg. 



Zomba, between the 





Shire and L. Shirwa. 



