PELMATOCHROiMIS. 



421 



Caudal peduncle as long as deep, ^cides feebly denticulate, 34-36 .^J^ijj ; 

 lateral lines j5_jg. Brownish above, whitish beneath, with five or six 

 broad dark cross-bands, the last two on the caudal peduncle ; a dark 

 brown opercular spot and a large dark brown spot at the base of the 

 pectoral fin ; fins without markings. 



Total length 255 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1. Type. Kigoma. J)r. W. A. Cunningion {(■.). 



1^ Ad. MoHro. Dr. L. Swappers {(\). 



Fig. 288. 



Felmatochromis frontosus. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. IDOO). i. 



:^4. PELMATOCHROMIS MACROPS. 



Paratilapia marropK, Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 13, pi. iii. fig. 2, and 



Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 423 (1901). 

 J'chnatorJu'omls ynacrops, Pellegr. Mom. Soc. Zool. Franco, xvi. 1904, p. 284. 

 J'elmafocJiromis melanosf'uima^ Bonleng. Tr. Zool. Soc xvii. 19f>G, p. .^(t?, [il. xxxix. 



fig. 1. 



Depth of body 2f to 3| times in total length, length of head 2| to 

 3 times. Head 2 to 2J times as long as broad ; snout a little broader 

 than long, with straight or convex upper profile, as long as or a little 

 shorter than eye, which is 2J to 3 times in length of liead, nearly twice 

 interorbital width or least depth of praeorbital ; mouth moderate, 

 extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth small, in 3 to 5 series, 

 forming a narrow band, sometimes a few on the sides of the lower jaw 

 strcniiily enlarged ; f)0 to 70 teeth in outer row of upper jaw ; 2 or 



28 Bou II/lII 



