362 CICHLID-E. 



teeth in 4 or 5 series, outer rather small, about 80 in upper jaw ; 

 5 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part lg diameters of eye. 

 Gill-rakers rather short, 11 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 

 XVI-XVII 12 ; spines equal from the eighth or ninth, not quite | 

 length of head ; longest soft rays f to f length of head. Anal III 

 10-11 ; third spine a little shorter than longest dorsals. Pectoral a 

 little shorter than head, reaching vertical of origin of anal, or not quite 

 so far. Ventral not reaching beyond vent. Caudal densely scaled, 

 distinctly emarginate. Caudal peduncle 1J to If times as long as deep. 

 Scales very finely denticulate, 37-38 j^j ; lateral lines j^f- Dark 

 green above, pale green or silvery below, with seven or eight ill-defined 

 darker vertical bars on the body ; a blackish opercular spot ; dorsal 

 green, edged with yellow, with round darker spots ; anal and ventral s 

 green, edged with yellow, or yellow; pectorals yellow. 



Total length 3G0 millim. 



Lake Nyassa. 

 1-2. Types. L. Nyassa. Capt. E. L. Rhoades (P.). 



43. PARATILAPIA CHRYSONOTA. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 239. 



Depth of body 2| to 2| times in total length, length of head 3 to 3^ 

 times. Head 2 to 2j times as long as broad, with straight or slightly 

 concave upper profile; snout rounded, as long as broad, as long as or a 

 little shorter than postocular part of head ; eye 2§ to 3 times in length 

 of head, a little exceeding interorbital width and nearly double least 

 depth of praeorbital ; month not extending to below anterior border of 

 eye ; teeth very small, in 3 or 4 series, 60 to 70 in outer series of upper 

 jaw; 2 or 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part \ to -§■ 

 diameter of eye. Gill-rakers rather long, closely set, 17 to 20 on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV-XVI 9-11 ; spines increasing in 

 length to the last, which measures ■§• to ^ length of head ; longest soft 

 rays f to f length of head. Anal III 10-11; third spine about f 

 length of head. Pectoral as long as head or a little longer, extending 

 to vertical of origin of anal. Caudal scaly, distinctly emarginate. 

 Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. Scales finely denticulate, 

 32-34 ^q ; lateral lines p=ls- Females brownish above and silvery 

 white beneath, with three black spots on each side, the first below the 

 middle of the spinous dorsal, the second below the soft dorsal, the third 



