492 CICHLIDJE. 



1. One of the types. Sesse Ids. Dr. E. Bay on (C.) ; 



Genoa Museum (P. 

 2- Ad. 

 3. Skel. 



4-9. Ad. & hgr. L. Victoria. „ 



10. Ad. Jinja, liipon Falls. „ ; , 



3. HEMITILAPIA MATERFAMILIAS. 

 Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, xxxvii. 1913, p. 313. 



Depth of body 2-| to 2|- times in total length, length of head 2§ to 

 3 times. Head with curved upper profile; snout obtuse; eye 3 to 3| 

 times in length of head, equal to or a little less than length of snout or 

 interorbital width; lower jaw feebly projecting; mouth extending to 

 below anterior border of eye; teeth in 5 or 6 series in the upper jaw; 

 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek. 8 or 9 gill-rakers on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal XV-XVI 9 ; spines slightly increasing in length 

 posteriorly, last 2J to 2J times in length of head. Anal III 8-9 ; third 

 spine slightly shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral as long as or a little 

 longer than length of head, extending beyond vertical of origin of anal. 

 Ventral reaching anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle as long 

 as or a little longer than deep. Scales denticulate, 31-33 |jzj- 2 - Olive 

 above, silvery beneath ; 7 or 8 dark bars on the body, and a better- 

 defined black longitudinal band on the posterior part of the body. 



Total length 138 millim. 



Lake Victoria. — Types in Paris Museum. 



32. CHIL0CHR0MIS. 



Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, ii. p. 236 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 

 1904, p. 353. 



Body moderately elongate ; scales cycloid ; two incomplete lateral 

 lines. Jaws with very broad bands of bristle-like movable teeth with 

 club-shaped inbent crowns ; rami of lower jaw approximated, spatulate 

 in front, connected with the upper jaw by a broad thin lip. Maxillary 

 concealed under the prseorbital when the mouth is closed. Dorsal fin 

 with 16 or 17 spines, anal with 3. 



Chiloango tSystem. 



