308 



CICHLKLE. 



dark or ocellar spots forming single series between the rays ; pectorals 

 greyish olive ; ventrals greyish olive or blackish. 



Total length 220 millim. 



Lake Ngami Basin. — Type lost. 

 1-3. Ad. Okovango It. R. B. Woosnam, Esq. (C). 



4. 5. Skel. 



39. PARATILAPIA MELLANDI. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 1905, p. 646. 



Depth of body 2\ to 2f times in total length, length of head 3 times. 

 Head a little over twice as long as broad ; snout obtusely pointed, with 



Fig. 243. 



Paraiilapia mellandi. 



Type. J. 



straight upper profile, as long as broad, as long as postocular part of 

 head, 1^ to 1| times as long as eye, which is 4 to 4J times in length 

 of head, and equals interorbital width or prseorbital depth ; mouth 

 moderate, extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth in 3 or 4 series, 

 outer largest, 36 to 50 in upper jaw; 4 series of scales on the cheek, 

 width of scaly part equal to diameter of eye or a little more. Lower 

 pharyngeal teeth with spherical crowns. Gill-rakers short, 10 to 13 on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV 13-14; spines increasing in 

 length to the seventh or to the last, which measures ■§■ to nearly -J length 

 of head ; longest soft rays about § length of head. Anal III 9-10 ; 



