412 



CICHLIDiE. 



XV-XVI 8-10 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures 

 i to I length of head ; longest soft rays J to f length of head. Anal 

 III 8-10 ; third spine longest, as long as and stronger than longest 

 dorsal. Pectoral pointed, | to f length of head, reaching vertical of 

 origin of anal, or a little beyond. Ventral reaching origin of anal or a 

 little beyond. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle IJ to IJ times as 

 long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 30-33 -^( 



-13 



1 9-22 



lateral Imes y^ 



FiV. 281. 



PihiiatocJi roin is rijxm ianus. 

 Type (Ann, Mus. Genova, lOllV 



r>ro\Ynish, uniform or with 6 or 7 rather indistinct darker cross-bands ; 

 a dark vertical bar may be present below the eye ; ventrals blackish in 

 the male, at least at the base, yellowish in the female. 



Total length 140 millim. 



Itipon Falls, \'ictoria ^'ile. — Types in Genoa Museum. 



]"[). TviK's. Jlnja. Dr. ]]. Bjiyon (C.) ; 



Cienoa Museum (1*.). 



27. PELMATOCHROMIS MICRODON. 



P,()nlen^r. Ann. k Mag. N. II. (7) xvii. \'M)C>, p. 411, and Fi-^li. Nile, p. iW, 

 1,1. Ixxxix. fio-. 1 (i;)()7). 

 Depth of budv equal to lengtli of head. 3 times in total length. Head 



