434 



CICHLID^E. 



vertical of anterior border of eye ; teeth in 4 series ; 5 series of scales 

 on the cheek. Gill-rakers moderately long, 11 on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Dorsal XVI 13 ; spines rather feeble, increasing in length to 

 the last, which measures ^ length of head. Anal III 10 ; third spine 

 shorter than last dorsal. Soft dorsal, anal, and ventrals much produced, 

 ending in filaments. Pectoral £ length of head. Caudal scaly, with 

 deep crescentic emargination. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long 



Fig. 295. 



Champsochromis casruleus. 



Type. 



i 



2- 



as deep. Scales finely denticulate, 38 -jk ; lateral lines j=. Blue or 

 greenish blue, darker above ; dorsal and anal fins edged with orange, 

 the former and the caudal wiih small round brown spots edged 

 with red. 



Total length 255 millim. 



Lake Nyassa. 

 1. Type. L. Nyassa. Gapt. E. L. Rhoades (P.). 



2. CHAMPSOCHROMIS LONGICEPS. 



Ilemichromis longiceps, Giintli. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 313. 



Paratilapia longiceps, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 146; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. 

 Zool. France, xvi. L904, p. 270. 



Depth of body 4 to 4\ times in total length, length of head 2f to 3 

 times. Head 3 to 3 J times as long as broad ; lower jaw feebly pro- 

 jecting ; snout with convex upper profile, twice as long as broad, longer 

 than postocular part of head ; eye 2 to 3^- times in length of snout, 

 5 to 6 \ times in length of head. 1| to \\ times in interorbital width; 



