292 



CICHLID.E. 



to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching anal. Caudal truncate. 

 Caudal peduncle \\ times as long as deep. Scales denticulate, 32- 

 34 jt>; lateral lines 12=13 • Back olive, sides and belly silvery; two black 

 bands along the body, the upper above the lateral line ; fins yellow. 



Total length 93 millim. 



Lake Victoria. — Types in Paris Museum. 



6. HAPLOCHROMIS ANGDSTIFRONS. 



Boulcng. in Sclmbotz, Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Z.-Afr. Exped. v., Zool. iii. p. 256, 

 pi. ix. (1914). 



Depth of body 1\ to o\ times in total length, length of head 2| to 3 

 times. Snout with straight or slightly convex upper profile, as long as 



Fig. 198. 

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m& 



«3>- 



liPiltfe 



r* 



Saplochromis angustifrons. 

 Type (Deutsch. Z.-Afr. Exped.). 



eye, or a little shorter in the young ; eye 3 to 3| times in length of head, 

 exceeding interorbital width and prseorbital depth ; jaws equal or lower 

 slightly projecting; mouth extending to beloAV anterior border of eye or 

 a little beyond ; teeth small, in 3 or 4 series, outer largest and conical 

 or bicuspid, or partly conical and partly bicuspid, 48 to 60 in upper jaw, 

 the others tricuspid ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly 

 part less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, S or 9 on lower part 

 of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XVI 9-10 ; spines increasing in length 

 to the last, which measures f to J length of head ; longest soft rays ^ to 

 § length of head. Anal III 8-9 ; third spine nearly as long as and 



