424 



CICHLID.E. 



length of head, nearly IJ times interorbital width, and nearly twice least 

 depth of prfBorbital; mouth moderate, not extending quite to below 

 anterior border of eye ; teeth small, in 3 or 4 series, forming a narrow 

 band, 50 to 60 in outer row of upper jaw ; 2 series of scales on the 

 cheek, width of scaly part about J diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 

 11 or ] 2 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XII-XIII 12-13; 

 spines equal in length from the fifth, ^ to f length of head, soft rays not 

 or but slightly longer. Anal III 7-8 ; third spine as long as longest 

 dorsal. Pectoral slightly shorter than head, reaching origin of anal. 

 Ventral reaching origin of anal. Caudal with deep crescentic notch. 

 Claudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales finely denticulate, 



Yig. 290. 



Felmatochromis pleurosjnlus. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1906). 



oi 99_9R 



32-35 jg; lateral lines ^if^. Olive above, silvery white beneath; a 

 black opercular spot, followed by a series of two to six black spots 

 along the side of the body ; dorsal black-edged, with blackish or 

 brownish spots; caudal with an orange band, with (males) or Avithout 

 (females) white and grey markings. 



Total length 75 raillim. 



liflke Tanganyika. 



1-3. Types. Mpala. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 



4-6. Tj'pes. Tembwi. „ 



37. PELMATOCHROMIS RHODOSTIGMA. 

 Bouleng. Tr, Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 568, pi. xxxix. fig. 3. 



Depth of body 3f to d^ times in total length, length of head 2f to 

 3 times. Head 2^ to 2\ times as long as broad ; snout as long as 



