536 



Anmnh of flic Honih African Museum. 



depth; mouth moderate, extending to below anterior border of eye; 

 3 series of teeth, outer rather large, 50 in upper jaw ; 4 series of 

 scales on the cheek, width of scaly part slightly less than diameter 

 of eye. Grill-raters very short, 9 on lower part of anterior arch. 



Dorsal xv 11 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which 

 measures -} length of head ; longest soft ray f length of head. Anal 

 iii 8 ; 3rd spine stronger but a little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral 

 a little shorter than head, reaching vertical of origin of anal. Ventral 

 extending a little beyond origin of anal. Caudal rounded (obliquely 



FIG. 152. Pelmatochromis <Jrlingi. Type. 



subtruncate). Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. Scales 

 feebly denticulate, 32 ^ ; lateral lines f 5. 



Brownish above, whitish beneath, with seven very indistinct darker 

 cross-bars; a dark bar below anterior third of eye; dorsal and anal 

 fins with round brown spots. 



Total length 110 millim. 



Makabusi Eiver, Zambesi System." 



2. PELMATOCHROMIS SPEKII, Blgr. 



Bouleng., Ann. and Mag. Nat, Hist. (7), xvii, 1906, p. 440, Fish. 

 Nile, p. 486, pi. Ixxxviii, fig. 2 (1907), Ann. Mus. Genova (3), v, 

 1911, p. 69, and Freshw. Fish. Africa, iii, p. 416, fig. 285, 

 (1915). 



Teeth conical, in three rows, outer larger and slightly curved, about 



