412 



CICIILID,E. 



XA -XVI 8-10 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures 

 i to I length of head ; longest soft rays ^ to f length of head. Anal 

 III 8-10 ; third spine longest, as long as and stronger than longest 

 dorsal. Pectoral pointed, | to f length of head, reaching vertical of 

 origin of anal, or a little beyond. Ventral reaching origin of anal or a 

 little beyond. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1| times as 

 long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 30-33 ^r^ ; lateral lines -^. 



Fig. 281. 



Pdmaiochromis riponiatms. 

 Type (Ann. Mus. Genova, 1911). 



Brownish, uniform or with 6 or 7 rather indistinct darker cross-bands ; 

 a dark vertical bar may be present below the eye ; ventrals blackish in 

 the male, at least at the base, yellowish in the female. 



Total length 140 millim. 



Ripon Falls, Victoria Nile. — Types in Genoa Museum. 



1-3. Types. Jinja. Dr. E. Bayon (C.) ; 



Genoa Museum (P.). 



27. PELMATOCHROMIS MICRODON. 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 441, and Fisli. Nilo, p. 490, 

 pi. Ixxsix. fig. 4 (1907). 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 3 times in total length, Head 



