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Show 1899.] SYRIAN FISHES OF THE FAMILY CICHLID^E. 105 11. ERETMODUS Blgr. Tr. Z. S. xv. p. 16. 1. ERETMODUS CYANOSTICTUS Blgr. Tr. Z. S. xv. p. 16. Lake Tanganyika. 12. TROPHEUS Blgr. Tr. Z. S. xv. p. 17. 1. TROPHEUS MOORII Blgr. Tr. Z. S. xv. p. 18. Lake Tanganyika. 13. SIMOCHROMIS Blgr. Tr. Z. S. xv. p. 19. 1. SIMOCHROMIS DIAGRAMMA Gthr. Tr. Z. S. xv. p. 19. Lake Tanganyika. 14. TILAPIA. Tilapia, Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr., Fish. (1840). Sarotherodon, Riipp. Verz. Mus. Senck. iv. p. 21 (1852); Giinth. Cat. iv. p. 273(1862). Goptodon, Gervais, Bull. Soc. Agric. Herault, 1853, p. 81. Haligenes, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 471. Chromis, Giinth. Cat. iv. p. 267. Ptychochromis, Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lxxxii. i. 1880, p. 248. Haplochromis, Hilgend. Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 1888, p. 76. Oreochromis, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1889, p. 70. Ctenochromis, Pfeff. Jahrb. Hamb. Aviss. Anst. x. 1893, p. 149. Body short or moderately elongate; scales cycloid or ctenoid. Two or more series of small teeth in the jaAvs, all or greater part notched or bi- or tricuspid. Maxillary entirely concealed under the praeorbital Avhen the mouth is closed, or a small portion of its distal extremity exposed. Dorsal Avith 13 to 19 spines, anal AAith 3 or 4. Vertebra 28-32 (14-17 + 13-16) \ Numerous species, from Syria, Africa, and Madagascar. i 17+15=32 in T. nilotica. 174-15=32 in T. yalilcea. 15+13=28 in T. lata. 15+16=31 in T. desfontainesi. 144.14=28 in T. oligacanthus. In four of these species the third vertebra bears a very strong hajmal process. The process is very feeble in T. desfontainesi. |
