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CICHLID,E. 



7. LOBOCHILOTES, g. n. 



Body moderately elongate ; scales ctenoid ; two incomplete lateral 

 lines. Mouth narrow, with several series of compressed teeth which 

 are feebly notched or tricuspid in the young and obtuse in the adult ; 

 the teeth of the outer series rather large. Maxillary exposed at the 

 end. Dorsal with 17 to 19 spines, anal with 3. Occipital and parietal 

 crests strong, extending to between the orbits. Vertebra? 32 (15 + 17). 



Lake Tanganyika. 



Intermediate between Tilapia and Docimodus. 



1. LOBOCHILOTES LABIATUS. 



Tilapia labiata, Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 17, pi. v. fig. 1, and Poi3s. 

 Bass. Congo, p. 473 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, 

 p. 843 ; Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 572. 



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

 2f times. Head 2 (young) to 2-1 times as long as broad, with straight 



Fig. 191. 



LohochiJotes labiatus. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 189S). f 



upper profile ; snout obtusely pointed, longer than broad and longer 

 than postocular part of head in the adult ; eye 3| (young) to 5| times 

 in length of head, 1 1 to 2| times in length of snout, 1 to H times in 

 interorbital width, less than prceorbital depth in the adult ; mouth 



