ADDENDA, VOL. III. 



13. PELMATOCHROMIS, Btdr. 

 2. PELMATOCHROMIS JENTINKI, Stdr. 



Add: 

 5-6. Yg. 



N. Sherbo district, Sierra Leone. 



N. W. Thomas, Esq. (P.) . 



2 a. PELMATOCHROMIS INTERMEDINS, sp. n. 

 Depth of body 2-f to 3 times in total length, length of head 3 times. 

 Head twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, with convex upper profile, 

 as long as broad, as long as eye, which is 3 times in length of head and 

 equals or a little exceeds interorbital width or praeorbital depth ; mouth 

 rather small, extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth very small, 



Pig. 193. 



Pelmatochromis intermedins. 

 Type. 



in 3 series, about 50 in outer series of upper jaw ; 3 series of scales on 

 the cheek, width of scaly part much less than diameter of eye. Gill- 

 rakers short and broad, 12 or 13 on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Dorsal XIV 15-17; spines rather slender, rapidly increasing in length 

 to the fifth or sixth, which measures J length of head, then subequal or 

 slightly decreasing in length ; longest soft rays -f to J length of head. 

 Anal III 7-9 ; spines much stronger than dorsals, third ■§• length of 

 head. Pectoral as long as or a little longer than head, reaching vertical 



