424 



CICHLID.E. 



length of head, nearly 11 times interoibital width, and nearly twice least 

 depth of pncorbital ; moutli moderate, not extending quite to below 

 anterior border of eye ; teeth small, in 3 or 4 series, forming a narrow 

 band, 50 to 60 in outer row of upper jaw ; 2 series of scales on the 

 cheek, width of scaly part about ^ diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 

 11 or ]2 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XII-XIII 12-13; 

 spines equal in length from the fifth, J to f length of head, soft rays not 

 or but slightly longer. Anal 111 7-8 ; third spine as long as longest 

 dorsal. Pectoral slightly shorter than head, reaching origin of anal. 

 Ventral reaching origin of anal. Caudal with deep crescentic notch. 

 Caudal peduncle 1| times as long as deep. Scales finely denticulate, 



Fig. 290. 



I'ehnatochromis jjleiiros^nhis. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1906). 



32-35 jj]; lateral lines ^gf^. Olive above, silvery white beneath; a 

 black opercnlar spot, followed by a series of two to six black spots 

 along the side of the body ; dorsal black-edged, with blackish or 

 brownish spots; caudal with an orange band, with (males) or without 

 (females) white and grey markings. 



Total length 75 jnillim. 



l,ake Tanganyika. 



1-;'). Types. Mpala. Dr. W. A. Cunningion (C). 



•l-d. Types. Tembwi. „ 



?,i. pel:\iatoohromis RHODOSTIGMA. 



Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 190G, p. 5()8, pi. xxxix. fi^. 3. 



Depth of body 3?, to o\ times in total length, length of head 2f to 

 3 times. Head 2] to 2\ times as long as broad ; snout as long as 



