PELMATOCHKOMIS. 



385 



3. PELMATOCHROMIS LATERALIS. 



Pehnafocliromh ijaentiierl (non Saiiv.'i, Boiileng. Ann.& Mag. N. H. (6) xvii. 1896, 



p. 310. 

 PeJmatochromis laferaUs, Bonleng. Pi'oc. ZooL Soc. 1808, p. 1-48, and Poiss. Ba3S. 



Congo, p. iU (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 270 ; 



Steiiid. Denkschr. Ak. Wien, Ixxxix. 1913, p'. 59. 

 Pelinatochrontis lepiduras^ Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Pari?, 1900, p. 275. 



Depth of body 2 to 3 times in total length, length of head 2i to 3^ 

 times. Head 2 to 2J times as long as broad ; snout rounded, with 

 straight or slightly convex upper profile, 1 (young) to If times as long 

 as eye, which is '6\ to 4 times in length of head, 1 to IJ times in 



Fig. 260. 



Fchnutochroiiiis lettered in. 

 Bolobo. |. 



interorbital width and equal to or a little less than prirorbital depth in 

 the adult; mouth rather small, extending to below nostril or between 

 nostril and eye ; teeth small, in 3 to 5 series, 40 to 50 in outer series of 

 ii})per jaw ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly 

 part less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, broad, tubercular, 

 15 to 17 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XVI 12-14; 

 spines rather strong, subequal from the iifth or increasing in length to 

 the last, last g to J length of head ; longest soft rays | to | length of 

 head. Anal III 7-S ; spines much stronger than dorsals, thud | to | 



