400 



CICHLID.E. 



21. rELMATOCHROMIS ANSOIJGIT. 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901, i. p. 8, pi. iv. fig. 1 ; Pellegr. MtMn. Soc. Zool. 

 France, xvi. 1904, p. 282. 



Depth of body 2i to 2| times in total length, length of head 2j to 

 3 times. Head If to If times as long as brond ; snout rounded, with 

 straight or slightly convex upper profile, broader than long, as long as 

 eye, which is 3^ to o§ times in length of head, 1^ times in inter- 

 orbital width, and exceeds prfeorbital depth ; mouth moderate, not 

 extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth small, in 2 to 4 series, 

 44 to oG in outer series of U])per jaw ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the 

 •cheek, width of scaly part equal to diameter of eye. Gill-rakers ^hort, 

 10 or 11 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV-XVI 10-11 ; 

 spin( s subequal or last slightly longer, not quite J length of head ; 

 middle soft rays produced, | to once length of head. Anal III 8 ; third 

 sj)ine as long as dorsals. Pectoral § to f length of head, not reaching 

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

 anal or beyond. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle much deeper than 



Fie. 27fi. 





PeJmatochromis anso7'</}i. 

 P. Z.S.I 901. I 



17-19 

 t)-8 • 



Dark olive-brown 



long. Scales cycloid, 27-29^; lateral lines 

 above, yellowish beneath ; a blackish opercular spot ; three or four 

 vertically elongate large dark spots on each side of the body, below the 

 upper lateral line ; fins greyish, soft dorsal, anal, and caudal chequered 

 with small darker and lighter spots. 



Total length 90 millim. 



LoAver Niger. 



