PELMATOCHROMJS. 



415 



nnind orangre spots on its posterior half; inner rays of ventral fin yellow, 

 outer blackish ; caudal fin greyish. 



Total length 155 millim. 



Lake Victoria. 



1. Type. Bunjiiko. Mr. E. Degen (C). 



2. Type. Entebbe. ,, 



21). PELMATOCHKOMTS AUHITUS. 

 Paratilapia anrita, Boiileng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. 1901, p. 2, Poi.ss. Buss. 



Congo, p 417 (1001), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. IJJOl, p. 150, pi. xix. fig. 2. 

 Pehnatocltronns aurit-us, Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1004, p. 284 ; 



Bouleiig. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1006, \). 5G8, pi. xxxix. fig. 4. 



Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 3 to 3J times in total 

 length. Head 2 to 2^ times as long as broad ; snout rounded, with 

 convex upper profile, as long as broad and as long as eye in the adult, 



Fig. 284. 



Felmatochromis atirihis. 

 Type(Tr. Z. S. 1901). a. 



shorter in the young ; eye 2| (young) to 3| times in length of head, 

 equal to or greater than interocular width ; mouth moderate, extending 

 to below anterior fourth or third of eye ; teeth small, in 2 or 3 series, 

 CO to 80 in outer series of upper jaw; 4 or 5 series of scales on the 

 cheek, width of scaly part equal to or a little less than diameter of eye. 

 Gill-rakers moderate, 10 to 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 

 XV-XVII 9-10 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which is J or 

 a little less than ^ length of head ; longest soft rays produced into 

 filaments, as long as or a little shorter than head. Anal III 8; third 

 spine stronger and shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral as long as or a 

 little longer than head, reaching origin of anal or a little beyond. 



