51G 



CICHLIDiE. 



times as long as head. Anal III 8-11 ; third spine a little shorter but 

 stouter than last dorsal. Pectoral f length of head, not extending to 

 vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent or anal. Caudal 

 rounded. Caudal peduncle nearly as long as deep. Scales usually finely 



denticulate, sometimes all cycloid, 28-30 



12-13 ' 



lateral lines 



14-19 

 10-14- 



Dark brown or blackish, uniform or with bluish-white spots, or olive 

 with more or less distinct dark cross-bars and a black opercular spot; 

 fins blackish. 



Total length 205 millim. 



Madagascar. — Types in Leyden Museum. 



1-3. Ad. 



4-6. Ad. 

 7, 8-9. Ad. 



10. Skel. 



11. Ad. 



12-13. Ad. & hgr. 

 14. H«rr. 



Tamatave. 



Mahanova. 



Imeriha. 



Moraieno. 

 Madagascar. 



Rev. W. Deans Cowan (C). 

 Rev. R. Baron (C). 



5) 



Paris Museum (E.). 

 M. V. de Robillard (C). 



Fig. 209. 



Paratilapia cerasogaster. 

 Type (A. M. C). f. 



2. PARATILAPIA CERASOGASTER, 



Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 118, pi. xlv. fig. 1 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 420 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 260. 



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

 Head 2^ times as long as broad ; snout with straight upper profile, as 

 long as broad, as long as eye, which is 3J times in length of head, 

 equals interorbital width, and exceeds prasorbital depth; mouth with 

 thick lips, not extending to below anterior border of eye ; prsemaxillary 

 processes very long, extending to between the eyes ; teeth in 4 or 5 



