288 



CICHL1D.E. 



greater than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 11 or 12 on lower part 

 of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI 10-11; spines increasing in length to 

 the last, which measures \ or a little less than \ length of head ; soft 

 dorsal, as well as anal, prolonged, acutely pointed, longest ray § to 

 nearly once length of head. Anal III 10 ; third spine shorter than 

 last dorsal. Ventral produced into a filament, extending beyond origin 



Fig. 195. 



Haplochromis venustus. 

 Type. I 



of anal. Caudal truncate or slightly emarginate, scaly. Caudal 

 peduncle a little longer than deep. Scales finely denticulate, 32- 



35 



4-5 



lateral lines 



19-23 



,., ,,; . ..... Peacock-blue in life, with large deep blue 



spots, dotted with red ; top of head, and a broad edge to the fins 

 orange, or dorsal almost entirely orange. 



Total length 195 millim. 



Lake Nyassa. 



1-4. Types. L. Nyassa. Capt. E. L. Rhoades (P.)- 



5. Skel. „ ., 



3. HAPLOCHROMIS SCHUBOTZI. 



Bouleng. in Schubotz, Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Z.-Afr. Exped. v., Zool. iii. p. 255, 

 pi. viii. (1914). 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 2f to 2-f- times in total 

 length. Snout with straight or slightly convex upper profile, 1$ to 



