496 



CiCHLlDiE. 



spine a little longer than dorsals. Pectoral f length of head. Ventral 

 reaching vent. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle deeper than long. 



3 22-23 



Scales feebly denticulate, 32-35 y^m, > lateral lines -g^. Brownish 

 grey or blackish brown, with scattered dots of a brilliant blue. 



Total length 75 millirn. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



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



Kinyamkolo. „ 



1-2. Types 

 3-5. Types 

 6. Skel. 

 7-8. Yg. 

 9. Ad. 



Niamkolo Bay.- 

 Sumba, 



Fig. 343. 



Dr. W.A. Cunnington (C). 



Eretmodus cyanostictus. 

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



35. SPATHODUS. 



Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 152 (1900), and Puiss. Bass. Congo, p. 484 

 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1901, p. 3b'l. 



Body moderately elongate ; scales ctenoid ; two incomplete lateral 

 lines. A single series of large teeth with elongate cylindrical shaft and 

 expanded rounded-subtruncate crown ; maxillary concealed when the 

 mouth is closed. Dorsal with 23 spines, anal with 3 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1. SPATHODUS ERYTHRODON. 

 Bouleng. 11. cc, Ann. pi. Hi. fig. 2 ; Pellegr. 1. c. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 3 times in total length. 

 Head twdce as long as broad ; snont as long as broad, convex, 1| times 

 as Ion"- as eye, which is 4 times in length of head and equals inter- 

 orbital width ; mouth with much developed lips, extending to below 



