PELMATOCHEOMrS. 



409 



yellowish beneath ; a dark opercular spot ; dorsal and caudal with round 

 dark spots, which may be replaced by rings. 



Total length 110 millitn. 



Angola.— Type in Lisbon Museum. 



1-2. Hgr. & yg. Ponano- Knma, Mossamedes. 

 3. Skel. 



Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



Fig. 278. 



Pehnatochromis angolensis. 

 Ponanu; Kunia. 



24. PELMATOCHROMIS MULTIOCELLATUS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) xii. 1913, p. 484. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, which is 2f times in total 



length. Head 2^ times as long as broad ; snout as long as broad, with 



slightly convex upper profile, 1^ times as long as eye, which is 4 times 



in length of head, equals interorbital width, and slightly exceeds 



prseorbital depth ; mouth rather large, extending to below anterior 



border of eye ; 2 series of teeth, outer rather large, 60 in upper jaw ; 



4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to diameter of 



eye. Gill-rakers very short, 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 



XVI 10 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures f length 



of head ; longest soft ray about f length of head. Anal III 9 ; third 



spine stronger but a little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral § length 



of head, not reaching vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent. 



