1898.] SYRIAN FISHES OF THE FAMILY ClCHl/lD.lt;. 149 



maxillary extending to below the nostril ; 4 series of scales ou the 

 cheek ; large scales on the opercle. Grill-rakers short, with wing- 

 like basal process, 16 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 

 XVI 12; spines subequal from the iifth, | length of head. 

 Pectoral falciform, as long as head. A^entral reaching anal. Anal 

 III 7 : third spine longest, longer than dorsals. Caudal scaly, 

 slightly emarginate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales cycloid, 



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32 2^ ; lat. 1. 2g^2g, the upper ending below the last dorsal rays, the 



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lower extending from the shoulder to the caudal, on which it 

 is produced in three branches. Uniform pale brownish ; dorsal 

 membrane checkered with brown and white spots. 



Total length 107 millim. 



Upper Congo. 



As Sauvage's Bemichromis guentlierl turns out to belong to 

 the genus Pelmatoehromis, I am obliged to change the name first 

 proposed for the present species. 



4. PBLilATOCHHOMIS OOKGICUS. 



Pelmatoehromis congicus, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) xx. 

 1897, p. 422. 



3 series of teeth in both jaws. Depth of body 2^ times in 

 total length, length of head 2| times. Snout as long as diameter 

 of eye, which is 2| in length of head and equals interorbital width ; 

 maxillary extending to below anterior third of eye ; 4 series of 

 scales on the cheek; opercle naked (?), Grill-rakers long and 

 slender, about 20 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XlIT 

 11, spines subequal from the sixth, nearly | length of head and f 

 longest soft rays, which are produced and filiform. Pectoral as 

 long as head. Ventral with produced outer rays, reaching anal 

 spines. Anal III 8 ; third spine as long as and stronger than 

 longest dorsal spines. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle a little 

 deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 30 y^; lat. 1. fj. Olive, with 

 yellowish spots occupying the centres of the scales ; a rather 

 indistinct dark lateral streak ; vertical fins blackish, with round 

 yellow spots. 



Total length 175 millim. 



Stanley Falls, Congo Eiver. 



5. Pelmatocheomis wblwitschi, sp. n. (Plate XIX. fig. 1.) 



Teeth in 2 or 3 series in the upper jaw, in 3 in the lower. Depth 

 of body equal to length of head, 3 times in total length. Snout 

 with straight upper profile, twice as long as the diameter of the 

 eye, which is 5 times in length of head and a little less than 

 interorbital width ; maxillary not extending to below anterior 

 border of eye ; 5 rows of scales on the cheek ; large scales on the 

 opercles. Grill-rakers short, denticulate, 9 on the lower pnrt of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal XIV 11 ; spines increasing in length to the 

 seventh, which measures g length of head and g longest soft ravs. 

 Pectoral | length of head. Ventral not reaching vent. Anal III 7 ; 



