PAKATILAPIA. 341 



23. PARATILAPIA MACULIPINNA. 

 Pellegr. Ball. Soc. Zool. France, xxxvii. 1913, p. 311. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 'if times in total length. 

 Snout as long as eye, 3^ times in length of head ; lower jaw strongly 

 projecting ; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye ; 3 series 

 of conical teeth; 3 series of scales on the cheek. 10 gill-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV 8; spines scarcely increasing in length 

 after the sixth, last ^ length of head. Anal III 8 ; third spine stronger 

 but not longer than last dorsal. Pectoral nearly as long as head, extend- 

 ing to vertical of origin of anal. Caudal rounded-subtruncate. Caudal 

 peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales denticulate, 33 jo ; lateral 

 lines jjj. Brown above, silvery beneath ; 5 dark cross-bars, intersected 

 by a longitudinal dark band on the posterior part of the body ; two 

 series of spots on the dorsal. 



Total length 156 millim. 



Lake Victoria. — Type in Paris Museum. 



24, PARATILAPIA VICTORIANA. 



Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1903, p. 185, and Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvii. 

 1905, p. 182, pi. xvi. fig. 3 ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 471, pi. lxxxvii. fig. 3 

 (1907) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xxii. 1910, p. 290 ; Bouleng. Ann. 

 Mus. Genova, (3) v. 1911, p. 67. 



Depth of body equal or nearly equal to length of head, 1\ to 3 times 

 in total length. Head 2 to 2\ times as long as broad ; snout deeper 

 than long, with straight or slightly convex upper profile, as long as or a 

 little longer than eye, which is 3 (young) to 4 times in length of head, 

 equals or nearly equals interorbital width, and exceeds praeorbital 

 depth ; jaws equal in front, or lower feebly projecting, upper extending 

 to below anterior border of eye ; teeth small, in 4 or 5 series, outer 

 largest and feebly curved, 40 to 50 in upper jaw, all unicuspid or some 

 or all of the inner tricuspid ; in the young, some of the outer teeth may 

 bear a small lateral cusp ; 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly 

 part equal to or less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short and stout, 

 some anvil-shaped or bifid, 8 to 10 on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Dorsal XV-XVI 9-10 ; five or six last spines equal in length, \ to f 

 length of head ; longest soft rays \ to § length of head. Anal III 8-9 ; 

 third spine as long or nearly as long as longest dorsal. Pectoral as long 

 as or a little shorter than head, extending beyond vertical of origin of 



