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Add :-^ 

 5-0. ¥<>■. 



1.1. PELMATOCHROMIS, st.lr. 



■>. I'KLMAT(~)(1I1;().M1S .IKXTIXKI, Si<lr. 



N. iSlua-bo district, iSieiru J^'uiie. ]S'. \V. Tluunas, Es(|. (P. 



2a. PELMATOCHROMIS LXTEIIMEDIUS, q.. u. 

 Depth of body 2f to o times in total ]en<;th, leiiijtli of head 3 times. 

 Head twice as long as broad ; snont round(;d, witli convex ujjper profile, 

 as long as broad, as long as eye, which is o times in length of head and 

 pqiuds or a little exceeds intcrorbital width or ju'tBorbital depth ; mouth 

 rather small, extending to between nostril and eye ; teetli very small, 



Fis. 10:$. 



PcltiiiUocJit'o tills miti'iiieditit!. 



Type. 



in 3 series, about 50 in outer series of upper jaw ; 3 series of scales on 

 the cheek, width of scaly part much less than diameter of eye. Gill- 

 rakers short and broad, 12 or 13 on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Dorsal XIV 15-17; spines rather slender, rapidly increasing in length 

 to the fifth or sixth, wliich measures \ length of head, then subfqvial or 

 slightly decreasing in length ; longest soft rays f to | length of head. 

 Anal III 7-9; spines much stronger than dorsals, third \ length of 

 head. Pectoral as long as or a little longer than hctul, reaching vertical 



