PELMATOCHROMIS. 



391 



lateral 



Caudal peduncle deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 27-29 {^jzi-^; 

 lines ^zu . Brownish, with 4 or 5 rather indistinct darker bars and a 

 black opercular spot ; a dark sj)ot below the base of the dorsal between 

 the spinous and soft portions ; soft dorsal with small light spots. 



Total length 130 millim. 



Liberia. — Type, in Leyden Museum, examined. 



1-2. Ad. & hgr. Naiina Km. W. l\ Lowo, Es(|. ((!.). 



3, 4. Skel. 



Fig. 263. 



J'ehnatochiumis lueitik ofcri. 

 Nanim Kru. 



8. PELMATOCHROMLS CX'ELLIFKK. 



Boiileng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 104, and Poiss. Bass. Congo. ].. -lli? (1901); 



Steind. Uenksclir. Ak. Wien, Ixxxix. 1913, p. 58, fig. 

 Fehiiafochromis hueftikoferi, part., Pellcgr. Mom. Soc. Zool. Franrc, xvi. 1904, 



p. 28G. 



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

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

 straight or slightly concave upper profile, a little broader tlian long, as 

 long as or a little longer than diameter of eye, \vhich is 3^ to 4^ times 

 in length of head, equals interorbital width, and exceeds pneorbital 

 depth ; mouth moderately largo, extending to below anterior border of 



