PELMATOCHROMIS. 



397 



Pectoral about | length of head. Ventral produced into a filament, 

 not quite reaching anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle deeper 

 than long. Scales cycloid, 25 j^ ; lateral lines g^. Four dusky trans- 

 verse bars may be traced on the body ; a black opercular spot. 



Total length 140 millim. 



Meme River, Cameroon. — Type in Stockholm Museum. 



13. PELMATOCHROMIS WELAVITSCHII. 



Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 181)8, p. 149, pi. xix. fig. 1 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. 

 Fnmce, xvi. 1904, p. 717. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 3 times in total length. Head 

 a little more than twice as long as broad ; snout obtusely pointed, with 

 straight ui)per profile, as long as broad, twice as long as eye, which is 



Fig. 268. 



Pelmatochromis weluitchii. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1898). |. 



5 times in length of head and equals interorbital width or praeorbital 

 depth ; mouth moderate, extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth 

 small, in 3 series, 50 in outer series of upper jaw ; 5 series of scales on 

 the cheek, width of scaly part greater than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers 

 short, denticulate, 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV 11 ; 

 spines increasing in length to the seventh, which measures ^ length of 

 head and J longest soft rays. Anal III 7 ; third spine a little shorter 

 than longest dorsal. Pectoral 3 length of head, not reaching origin of 

 anal. Ventral not reaching vent. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle 

 a little longer than deep. Scales cycloid, 33 if ; lateral lines j|. Pale 



