39G 



CICHLID.^,. 



lon^^ as or a little longer tlian last dorsal. Pectoral | to J length of 

 head, not reaching origin of anal. Ventral produced into a filament, 

 reaching origin of anal or beyond. Caudal rounded-subacuminate. 

 Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales cycloid, 28-30 -g^ ; lateral 

 lines g7^. Yellowish or pale brown, the scales edged with darker, or 

 with rather ill-defined dark longitudinal streaks; a more or less distinct 

 dark horizontal streak behind the eye ; vertical fins with small dark 

 spots forming more or less regular bars, these numerous and usually very 

 regular on the caudal fin ; outer rays of ventials white. 



Total length 115 millim. 



South Cameroon. 



1-7. Types, 

 y. Ad/ 



Kribi R. 

 JaR. 



G. L. Bate.«, Esq. (0.). 



Fig. 20' 



Pehnaiochromia lowjirostrls. 

 Type. 



12. PELMATOCHROMIS BOULENGERI. 

 Lonnborg, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 30. 



Depth of body 2f to of times in total length, length of head2i to 2J 

 times. Snout broad, rounded, with straight upper profile, 2J times as 

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

 interorbital width ; mouth extending to between nostril and eye ; 4 or 5 

 series of teeth ; 4 or 5 series of scales on tlie cheek. Dorsal XVI 10-1 1 ; 

 spines increasing in length to the last, which measures 5 or | length of 

 head. Anal III 7-8; third spine shorter but stouter than last dorsal. 



