390 CICHLID.E. 



C. PELMATO(^HROMTS REGANI. 



PelleoT. Bull. Mas. Paris, 190G, p. 471, and Bull. Soc. Pliilom. (9) ix. 1907, p. 3G, 

 pi. i. fio-. 4. 



Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 2| times in total 

 length. Snout with straight upper ])r()file, a little more than twice 

 as long as eye, which is 4| times in length of head and IJ times 

 in interorbital width ; mouth extending to between nostril and eye ; 

 teeth in 6 or 7 series ; 4 series of scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers 

 short and broad, 14 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV 11 ; 

 last spine longest, ^length of head. Anal III 7. Pectoral about I 

 length of head, not reaching anal. Ventral extending beyond vent. 

 Caudal rounded. Caudal })eduncle slightly deeper than long. Scales 

 28 'y^ ; lateral lines j^. Olive-brown above, yellowish beneath, with traces 

 of 5 or 6 darker bars ; vertical fins greyish, soft dorsal and caudal with 

 series of small light spots. 



Total length 1G5 millim. 



Ogowe. — Type in Paris Museum. 



7. PELMATOCHROMIS BUETTIKOFEIU. 



Paratilapia {Pelmatorhromii<) hiittikoferi, fSteintl. Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1891 



p. 40. 

 PehnatocJiromis hitcftikoferi, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 147 ; Pellegr. 



Mt'in. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. '2SG (part.). 



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

 times. Head nearly twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, with straight 

 or slightly convex upper profile, a little broader than long, as long as or 

 a little longer than the eye, which is 3 to 3| times in length of head, 

 equals interorbital width, and exceeds preeorbital depth ; mouth moderately 

 large, extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth in 4 to 7 series, 

 44 to 54 in outer series of upper jaw; 3 series of scales on the check, 

 width of scaly part not exceeding diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 

 8 or 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XV 10-12 ; sj)ines 

 subequal from the 5th or 6th, 2^ to 2| times in length of head ; middle 

 soft rays more or less produced, nearly as long as head in adult. 

 Anal 1118; third spine as long as or a little shorter than longest 

 dorsal. Pectoral as long as or a little shorter than head, nearly reaching 

 origin of anal. Ventral produced into a filament, reaching beyond 

 origin of anal in adult. Caudal truncate or slightly emarginate. 



