484 On new Cwhlid Fishes from Africa. 



broad or a little broader than long, shorter than postocular 

 part of head ; eye as long as snout, 3^ times in length of 

 head, equal to interorbital width and exceeding prsBorbital 

 depth; mouth extending to below {interior border of eye; 

 teeth rather small, in 5 or 6 series, 50 to 5Q in outer series of 

 upper jaw ; 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part 

 equal to or a little less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers 

 short, the largest bifid, 9 on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Dorsal XIV 11-12; spines equal from the eighth, a little 

 less than £ length of head, longest soft rays f to f length of 

 head. Anal 111 8 ; third spine ^ to § length of head. 

 Pectoral as long as or a little longer than head, extending 

 to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral produced into a long 

 filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal truncate. 

 Caudal peduncle much deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 

 29 ^ ; lateral lines ^|. Brownish, young with five 

 indistinct darker cross-bars, and a large dark brown blotch 

 below the last rays of the spinous dorsal ; a black opercular 

 spot ; small light spots on the dorsal and caudal. 



Total length 150 mm. 



Two specimens from the Corbal River at Chitole, Portu- 

 guese Guinea, obtained by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in 1910. 



Apparently nearly related to P. dorsalis, Pellegr. 



Pelmatochromis multiocellatus. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, which is 2f times in 

 total length. Head 2^ times as long as broad ; snout as long 

 as broad, with slightly convex upper profile, 1|- times as long as 

 eye, which is 4 times in length of head, equals interorbital 

 width, and slightly exceeds praeorbital depth ; mouth rather 

 large, extending to below anterior border of eye ; 2 series of 

 teeth, outer rather laige, 50 in upper jaw; 4 series of scales 

 on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to diameter of eye, 

 Gill-rakers very short, 9 on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Dorsal XVI 10 ; spines increasing in length to the last, 

 which measures | length of head; longest soft ray about f 

 length of head. Anal III 9 ; third spine stronger but a little 

 shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral ■§ length of head, not 

 leaching vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent. 

 Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. 

 Scales strongly denticulate, 32 f ; lateral lines ~. Brown 

 above, whitish beneath ; a blackish opercular spot; a 

 blackish bar below anterior third of eye; dorsal and caudal 

 fins with very numerous small ocellar spots forming single 

 series between the rays; anal fin with a few large ocelli. 



Total length 120 mm. 



