390 CICHLID.E. 



C. PELMATOCHROMIS REGANI. 

 Pelleor. Bull. IMn-^. Paris, 190G, p. 471, and Bali. Soc. Pliilom. (9) ix. 1907, p. 36, 

 pi. i. fig. 4. 



Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 2| times in total 

 length. Snout with straight ui)per profile, a little more than twice 

 as long as eye, which is 4| times in length of head and 1^ times 

 in interorbital width ; montii extending to between nostril and eye ; 

 teeth in 6 or 7 series ; 4 series of scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers 

 short and broad, 14 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV 1 1 ; 

 last spine longest, ^length of head. Anal III 7. Pectoral about -| 

 length of head, not reaching anal. Ventral extending beyond vent. 

 Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle slightly deeper than long. Scales 

 28 '^ ; lateral lines [5. Olive-brown above, yellowish beneath, with traces 

 of 5 or 6 darker bars ; vertical fins gre)ish, soft dorsal and caudal with 

 series of small light spots. 



Total length 165 millim. 



Ogowe. — Type in Paris Museum. 



7. PELMATOOHROMIS BUETTIKOFERT. 

 Pandilapla [Pelmatocliromis) Uittiloferi, Steind. Notes Levd. Mus. .'cvi. 1891: 



p. 40. 

 Pelmatochromis hiettikoferi, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 147 ; Peliegr. 



Mem. Soc. Zool. Franco, xvi. 1904, p. 286 (part.). 



Depth of body 2 to 2^- times in total length, length of head 2§ to 3 

 times. Head nearly twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, with straiglit 

 or slightly convex upper profile, a little broader than long, as long as or 

 a little longer than the eye, which is 3 to 3J times in length of head, 

 equals interorbital width, and exceeds praeorbital depth; mouth moderately 

 large, extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth in 4 to 7 series, 

 44 to 54 in outer series of upper jaw ; 3 series of scales on the cheek, 

 width of scaly part not exceeding diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 

 8 or 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XV 10-12 ; spines 

 subequal from the 5th or 6th, 2\ to 2f times in length of head ; middle 

 soft rays more or less produced, nearly as long as head in adult. 

 Anal III 8 ; third spine as long as or a little shorter than longest 

 dorsal. Pectoral as long as or a little shorter than head, nearly reaching 

 origin of anal. Ventral produced into a filament, reaching beyond 

 origin of anal in adult. Caudal truncate or slightly emarginate. 



