278 CICHLID^E. 



2. TROPHEUS ANNECTENS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 148, pi. lii. fig. 2 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 450 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 306. 



Depth of body 2\ to 2f times in total length, length of head 3^ to 

 3 J times. Head massive, rounded, not twice as long as broad ; snout 

 broader than long, with convex upper profile ; eye 3^ times in length 

 of head, 1\ times in interorbital width ; mouth with thick upper lip, 

 extending to below anterior border of eye ; 8 series of teeth in each 

 jaw ; 5 series of scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers short, 12 on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Dorsal XX 5-6 ; spines equal from the sixth 

 or seventh, a little less than \ length of head; soft rays a little 

 longer. Anal IV 6-7 ; last spine as long as and stronger than longest 

 dorsal. Pectoral a little shorter than head. Ventral produced into 



Kg. 189. 









Tropheus aanectens. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



a filament, extending a little beyond origin of anal. Caudal slightly 

 emarginate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 

 28-30 yi '> lateral lines y . Uniform brownish. 



Total length 80 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. — Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 

 1. One of the types. Albertville. Capt. Hecq (C). 



This species may have to be united with the preceding. 



6. ASPR0TILAPIA. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. 1901, p. 5, Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 482 

 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 159 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. 

 France, xvi. 1904, p. 353. 



Body elongate, rather feebly compressed, much attenuate in the 



