HAPLOCHEOMIS. 291 



conical, 50 to 60 in upper jaw, followed by 4 to 6 series of very 

 numerous minute tricuspid teeth ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, 

 width of scaly part equal to or a little less than diameter of eye. Gill- 

 rakers short, 8 to 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV-XVI 

 9-10 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures -f to -§• 

 length of head ; longest soft rays f to f length of head. Anal 111 8-9 ; 

 third spine stronger but a little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral | to 

 once length of head, extending to vertical of origin of anal, or a little 

 beyond. Ventral reaching vent, origin of anal, or beyond. Caudal 

 truncate. Caudal peduncle not or but very little longer than deep. 

 Scales strongly denticulate, 32-35 frzi2 ; sca ^ es on occiput and nape very 

 small, in 6 or 7 series between first dorsal spine and lateral line ; lateral 

 lines grja . Olive or brownish, with or without ill-defined dark cross- 

 bars, with or without an interrupted dark lateral stripe ; a blackish 

 opercular spot ; a blackish vertical bar below the anterior third of the 

 eye ; one or two more or less distinct dark bars across the snout ; fins 

 greyish, dorsal edged with blackish ; anal pink or red in males, with 2 

 to 4 orange ocellar spots on the posterior half ; ventrals yellow in 

 females, black in males. 



Total length 125 millim. 



Lake Victoria. — Types in Berlin Museum. 



Mr. E. Degen (C). 



Mr. M. Simon (C). 



A. Blayney Percival, Esq. 



(p.). 



Prof. 0. Neumann (C). 



5. HAPLOCHROMIS JEANNELI. 

 Astatotilapia jeanneli, Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, xxxvii. 1913, p. 313. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, about 3 times in total length. 

 Snout shorter than eye, which is 3 times in length of head and a little 

 exceeds interorbital width ; jaws equal in front ; mouth extending a 

 little beyond vertical of anterior border of eye ; 5 or 6 series of teeth, 

 outer mostly conical ; 4 series of scales on the cheek. 8 gill-rakers on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV 9 ; spines subequal from the 

 sixth, f length of head. Anal III 8-9; third spine as long as but 

 stronger than longest dorsal. Pectoral nearly as long as head, extending 



u2 



1-5. Ad. 





Entebbe. 



6. Ad. 



7. Ad. 





Bunjako. 

 Buddu Coast. 



8. Skel. 





?? 



9-17. Ad., 



hgr., 



Kisumu Bay, Kavirondo 



& 

 18-20. Yg. 



yg- 



Kavirondo. 



