352 



cichlid^:. 



diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, the largest bifid, 9 on lower part 

 of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV 11-12 ; spines equal from the eighth, 

 a little less than \ length of head ; longest soft rays § to f length of 

 head. Anal III 8 ; third spine ^ to f length of head. Pectoral as long 

 as or a little longer than head, extending to vertical of origin of anal. 

 Ventral produced into a long filament, extending beyond origin of anal. 

 Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle much deeper than long. Scales 



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cycloid, 29 -j^- ; lateral lines fjij^. Brownish, young with five indistinct 

 darker cross-bars, and a large dark brown blotch below the last rays of 

 the spinous dorsal ; a black opercular spot ; small light spots on the 

 dorsal and caudal. 



Total length 150 millim. 



Portuguese Guinea. 



types. 



Corb;il River at Chitole. 



Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



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Paralilapia codringioni. 

 Type. §. 



34. PARATILAPIA CODRINGTONI. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 495. 



Depth of body twice, or a little less than twice, in total length, 

 length of head 3 to 3^ times. Head twice as long as broad, with steep, 

 straight or slightly concave upper profile ; snout rounded, as long as 



