PELMATOCHROMIS. 



393 



9. PELMATOOHROMIS NIGROFASOIATUS. 

 Paratllapia nlgrofasciata, Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1900, p. 353 ; Bouleng. Poiss. 



Bass. Congo, p. 421 (1901) ; Steiiid. Denksclir. Ak. AVien, Ixxxix. 1913, 



p. 54. 

 Fehnatochromis hatesU, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) viii. 1901, p. 114. 

 Pelmatochroims nigrofasciatus, Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 280, 



pi. vi. fig. 2, and Bull. Soc. Philom. (9) ix. 1907, p. 37. 



Depth of body 2| to 8 times in total length, length of head 2f to 3 

 times. Head twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, with straight or 

 slightly convex upper profile, as long as broad, 1^ to 1| times as long 

 as eye, which is 3^ to 4 times in length of head, 1 to 1^ times in 



Fig. 265. 



Felmatoeliromis nigrofasciatus. 

 Tjpe of P. batesii. 



interorbital width, and equals or slightly exceeds praeorbital depth ; 

 mouth moderately large, extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth in 

 3 to 5 series, outer rather large, 40 to 64 in outer series of upper jaw ; 

 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to or a 

 little greater than the diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, tubercular, 

 10 or 11 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XVI 9-11 ; 

 spines increasing in length to the last, which measures ^ to f length of 

 head ; middle soft rays more or less produced, often as long as head. 

 Anal III 7-9; third spine as long as or a little shorter than longest 

 dorsal. Pectoral -| to f length of head, not reaching origin of anal. 



