442 CICHLID^E. 



series of vertical blackish bars on each side of the body ; on the tail, 

 from below the middle of the dorsal, the spots unite into a band which 

 extends to the caudal, and the vertical bars likewise fuse to form a 



Fig. 301. 



Batliyhates fasciatus. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1901). \. 



lateral band ; a blackish spot on the opercle, another at the base of the 

 ventral; two black bands on the dorsal, a basal and a marginal, on only 

 one, the marginal. 



Total length 335 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1. Type. W. coast of Lake. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



2. Ad. Niamkolo. Dr. W. A. Ounnington (C). 



6. BATHYBATES MINOR. 



Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 564, pi. xxxviii. fig. 1. 



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

 2£ to 3 times. Head 2| to o\ times as long as broad ; snout with 

 convex upper profile, as long as or a little shorter than postocular 

 part of head ; lower jaw projecting ; eye slightly shorter than snout, 

 oi; to of times in length of head, slightly exceeding interorbital width ; 

 mouth extending to below anterior border of eye; 2 or 3 series of 

 teeth in upper jaw, 2 in lower ; 5 series of scales on the cheek. Gill- 

 rakers rather short, 11 or 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 

 XIII 15-16, deeply notched, the eighth to eleventh spines being 

 only about half as long as the fifth and last, which are the longest 

 and measure about f length of head ; longest soft rays f to -J- length 

 of head. Anal III 16-17 ; spines feeble. Pectoral § length of head. 

 Ventral not reaching vent. Caudal deeply notched. Caudal peduncle 



