440 



CICHLID.E. 



3. BATHYBATES HORNI. 

 Steind. Sit/.b. Ak. Wien, cxx. i. 1.911, p. 1173, pi. ii. 



Depth of body 4J times in total length, length of head 2f times. 

 Snout longer than postocular part of head ; lower jaw projecting ; eye 

 3| times in length of head, exceeding interorbital width ; mouth not 

 extending to below anterior border of eye ; 3 series of teeth in the upper 

 jaw ; 9 series of scales on the cheek. 9 gill-rakers on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal XIV 14 ; spines subequal, f length of head ; 



Fig. 300. 



Batliyhates horni. 

 Type, after Steindachner (I. c), i. 



longest soft rays -£- length of head. Anal III 17 ; spines slender, third 

 as long as dorsals. Pectoral about f length of head, not extending to 

 vertical of origin of anal. Ventral nearly reaching anal. Caudal deeply 

 notched. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales 85 35 ; lateral 



80 



lines js. Head with 4, body with 14 sharply defined dark brown vertical 

 bars ; dorsal fin with a dark edge. 



Total length 240 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. — Type in Vienna Museum. 



4. BATHYBATES VITTATUS. 

 Bouleng. Rev. Zool. Afr. iii. 1914, p. 445. 



Depth of body 4^ times in total length, length of head 3 times. 

 Head 2^ times as long as broad; snout with slightly convex upper 

 profile, much longer than broad, longer than postocular part of head ; 

 lower jaw projecting; eye twice in length of snout, 4| times in length 



