384 



CICHLID^. 



soft rays about f to f length of head. Anal III 8-9; spines much 

 stronger than dorsals, third ^ to slightly more than f length of head. 

 Pectoral 1-j to 1-y times as long as head, reaching origin of anal. Ventral 

 produced into a hlameat, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal scaly, 

 distinctly emarginate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales cycloid 



5-6 



or very indistinctly denticulate, 40-45 a ; lateral lines )^^, the lower 



12-15 



■2Q-m' 



extending far forward, sometimes nearly to above the axil. Golden ; 

 dorsal and anal with straight or oblique purplish streaks, which may form 



Fig. 259. 



Pelmatochromis jentinki. 

 Bafata. |. 



a wide-meshed network ; caudal white, edged with blackish in the young, 

 with a purplish network in the adult. 



Total length 290 millim. 



Gambia to Liberia.—Type in Leyden Museum. 



1-2. Hgr. & yg. Gambia. 

 3. Skel. 



*• ^'^- ^eba R. at Bafata, Portuguese Dr. W. J. Ausorge (C). 



Guinea. 



J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 



