48 G 



CICHLID^E. 



3j times. Head twice as long as deep ; the profile descending in a 

 curve ; snout about 1^ times as long as eye, which is 4 to 4^ times in 

 length of head and equal to or a little less than interorbital width ; 

 mouth extending to below anterior border of eye ; 8 to 12 large conical 

 teeth in each jaw ; cheek naked. Gill-rakers very short and few. 

 Dorsal XV1II-XXI 6-8 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which 

 measures g- to \ length of head ; longest soft rays § to § length of head. 

 Anal Vl-VII 6-7 ; last spine as long as or a little longer than last 

 dorsal. Pectoral about § length of head. Ventral produced into a 

 filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal 

 peduncle as long as deep or a little deeper than long. Scales 



A /» I A Of\ 



40-47 pej- 5 ; lateral lines gfj 7 . Brown or olive, with or without irregular 



Fig. 336. 



Telmatocliromis temporalis. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 189S). f 



dark blotches, the young sometimes with dark cross-bars ; a dark or 

 orange band from the eye to the gill-cover ; a vertical black bar, which 

 may be edged with whitish behind, at the base of the pectoral; vertical 

 fins with round dark spots, caudal and anal sometimes spotted with 

 yellow and white. 



Total length 85 millim. 

 Lake Tanganyika. 



1-2. Types. Kinyamkolo. 



3. Type. Mbity Rocks. 



4. Ad. Kibwesi. 



5. Skel. 



6-7. Hgr. Mshale. 



8. Ye;. Niamkolo Id. 



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



Dr.- W. A. Cunnington (C). 



