CICHLID.E. 333 



of origin of anal. Ventral produced into a filament, reaching beyond 

 origin of anal. Caudal feebly scaled, deeply emarginate. Caudal 



4J-5 



peduncle as long as deep. Scales cycloid, 39-40 _^ ; lateral lines 



12-14 

 3^yg, lower extending to above the axil. Silvery, with golden longi- 

 tudinal lines running between the series of scales; young with irregular 

 dark brown cross-bars ; dorsal fin with blackish markings which form a 

 wide network on the spinous part and four longitudinal streaks on the 

 soft ; pectoral and ventral fins yellow. 



Total length 110 millim. 



Sierra Leone. 

 1-2. Types. N. Sherbo district. N. W. Thomas, Esq. (P.). 



Very closely allied to P. jentinki. Intermediate between it and 

 P. lateralis in the scale-formula. 



7. PELMATOCHROMIS BUETTIKOFERI, Stdr. 

 Add: — 



5. Ad. X. Sherbo district. Sierra Leone. N. W. Thomas, Esq. (P.). 



G. Hgr. Victoria, ,. ., 



](). PELMATOCHROMIS CAUDIFASCIATUS, Blgr. 

 Add :- 

 21. Hgr. Nyong R. at Akonolinga. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



14 a. PELMATOCHROMIS HTJMILIS, sp. n. 

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

 Head a little over twice as long as broad ; snout obtusely pointed, with 

 curved upper profile, a little longer than broad, twice as long as eye in 

 adult ; eye 3J (young) to 4£ times in length of head and equal to inter- 

 orbital width or least prseorbital depth ; mouth rather narrow, extending 

 to between nostril and eye ; teeth in a single series, with a few minute 

 teeth behind it at the symphysis; 40 (young) to 60 teeth in the series 

 in the upper jaw ; 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part 

 less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, tubercular, 12 on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVII 11 ; spines increasing in length to 

 the last, which measures f length of head ; middle soft ray produced 



