184 



CICHLID.E. 



soft rays about f to f length of liead. Anal III 8-9 ; spines much 

 stronger than dorsals, third J to sliglitly more than | length of head. 

 Pectoral l:j to 1-J^ times as long as head, reaching origin of anal. Ventral 

 produced into a filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal scaly, 

 distinctly emarginate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales cycloid 



5 6 



or very indistinctly denticulate, 40-45 y ; lateral lines l^, the lower 



extending far forward, sometimes nearly to above the axil. Golden ; 

 dorsal and anal with straight or oblique purplish streaks, which may form 



Fig. 259. 



PelmatocJii'oniis jentmki. 



Bafata. ^. 



a wide-meshed network ; caudal white, edged with blackish in the young, 

 \vith a purplish network in the adult. 



Total length 290 millim. 



(Jambia to Liberia. — Type in T.c^yden Museum. 



1-2. Hgr. &yg. Gambia. J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 



:i Skel. 



4. Ad. Geba 1\. at Ral'ata, Poitiigiiose Dr. W. J. Aiisorge (C.). 



Guinea. 



