•386 CICIILID.E. 



length of hearl. Pectoral as long as or a little longer or a little shorter 

 than head, sometimes reaching anal. Ventral produced into a filament, 

 extending to origin of anal or a little beyond. Caudal scaly, truncate 

 or feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales cycloid, 



4-5 . 21 -''7 



31-36 2 ; lateral lines ^^--^, the lower extending far forward, some- 



8-14 



times Dearly to above the axil. Coloration very variable. Golden yellow 

 to olive, with or without dark spots forming lines along the series of 

 scales, or 7 or 8 dark transverse bars; sides of head sometimes marbled 

 or vermiculate with blackish ; dorsal and caudal uniform or spotted, 

 marbled, or streaked with blackish or with large white spots separated 

 by an olive network ; dorsal sometimes edged with orange or black. 



" Total length 280 millim. 

 Congo, Lakes Bangwelu and Mweru. 



1. Yg., type. Monsembe^ Upper Congo. liev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 



2-3. Ad. 



4. Ad. Bolobo, ., Pev. G. Grenfell (P.). 



5. Ad. Maluku, Htiinley Pool. Dr. C. (Iiristy (C). 

 0. Hgr. Polo, ., M. P. Pelhez (^C.) 

 7-10. Hgr. & Pikoro, L. Tunilni. „ 



yg- 



11-12. Ad. .^- P):i!i, L. Leopold T I. „ 



lior. 

 13. Skel. „ „ J, 



1-4-15. Ad. & New Antwerp, Upper Congo, dipt. Wilvertli (C). 



IG. Hgr. Stanley Falls. Dr. C. Christy ((J.). 



17. Yg. Banzyville, Ubunghi. Capt. Royaux (C). 



18-19,20-21. L. Bangwelu. F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). 



Ad. & hgr. 

 22. Skel. 

 23-24. Ad. & L. Mweru at Lukonzolwa. Dr. L. Stappers (C). 



bgr. 

 2,'), Ad. Luapula P. at Kasenge. „ 



4. PELMATOCHROMIS CONGICUS. 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (G) xx. 1897, p. 422, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 149, 



and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 43C (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, 



xvi. 1904, p. 287. 



Depth of body 2 to 2\ times in total length, length of head 2J to 2J 



times. Head twice as long as broad, with concave upper profile ; snout 



