484 



CICHLID.E. 



1-2. Types. 

 3-5. Ad. & ligr. 



6. Ad. 



7. Ad. 



8. Skel. 



Kinyamkolo. 

 Msambu. 

 Mbity Bocks. 

 L. Tanganyika. 



Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



28. JULIDOCHROMIS. 



Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 11, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 408 (1901); 

 Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 29G. 



Body elongate ; scales strongly denticulate, very small on nape and 

 anterior part of back ; two incomplete lateral lines. Mouth narrow, 

 with massive mandible ; teeth conical, forming a villiform band, with a 

 few strongly curved canines in front, the outer of which are very large. 

 End of maxillary exposed. Dorsal with 22 to 24 spines, anal with 

 8 nr 9. Occipital and parietal crests strong, the former extending to 

 between the orbits ; suborbital replaced by a ligament. Vertebrae 34 

 (17 + 17). 



Lake Tanganyika. 



Fig. 335. 



Julidoehrornig ornatus. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1898). f. 



1. J ULIDOCHROMIS ORNATUS. 



Bouleng. 11. cc. p. 12, pi. ii. fig. 4, and p. 408 ; Pellegr. I.e. 



Depth of body 4 to 4-^ times in total length, length of head 3-1 to 3-rr 

 times. Head twice as long as broad, with convex upper profile ; snout 

 Ih to 2 times as long as eye, which is 4i. to 5 times iii length of head 

 and lij times in interorbital width ; mouth extending to below nostril ; 

 4 or 6 canines in each jaw ; cheek naked. Gill-rakers very short and 

 few. Dorsal XXH-XXIV 5 ; spines equal from the eight or tenth, 



