PARATILAPIA. 365 



light spots, in males with a broad yellow edge ; pectorals yellowish, 

 ventrals dark brown or black. 



Total length 200 millim. 



Lake Nyassa. 



1. Skin, type. L. Nyassa. Sir J. Kirk (C). 



2-7. Ad. & hgr. „ Capt. E. L. Rhoades (P.). 



8. Skel. „ ,, 



9-10. Ad. Between Kondowe and A. Whyte, Esq. (C.) ; 



Karonga. Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). 



45. PARATILAPIA SCHWEBISCHI. 



Hemichromis schwebischi, Sauv. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fiance, 1884, p. 198, pi. v. fig. 2. 

 Paratilapia schwebischi, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 144 ; Pellegr. Mem. 

 Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 268. 



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

 Head about twice as long as broad ; snout with concave upper profile, 

 a little more than twice as long as eye, which is 5J times in length of 

 head and twice in interorbital width ; mouth extending a little beyond 

 the vertical of the nostril ; teeth in broad bands, in 5 series, 80 to 84 

 in outer series of upper jaw; 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of 

 scaly part equal to diameter of eye. Gill-rakers rather short, 20 to 22 on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV 11 ; spines increasing in length 

 to the last, which is a little less than \ as long as head and § length 

 of longest soft rays. Anal III 9. Pectoral as long as head. Ventral 

 reaching anal. Caudal slightly emai'ginate. Caudal peduncle as long 

 as deep. Scales cycloid, 29-30 ^ ; lateral lines jjzjg. Olive, scales on 

 posterior part of body golden in the centre; spinous dorsal marbled 

 with purplish ; posterior part of soft dorsal and caudal with blue 

 spots ; pectorals and ventrals whitish. 



Total length 320 millim. 



Upper Ogowe. — Type, in Paris Museum, examined. 



46. PARATILAPIA VENTRALIS. 



Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 13, pi. iii. fig. 3, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, 

 p. 424 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 270 ; Bouleng. 

 Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 563. 



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



