382 



CICHLIDiE. 



D. XII-XIII 12-13 ; A. Ill 7-8 ; Sc. 32- 



35 j^ ; 50 (o 60 teeth in outer series of [p. 423. 



upper jaw 3G. P. pleurospilus, Blgr., 



D. XII I 12-14 ; A. Ill 6-8; Sc. 32-35 ,-jLj ; [p. 424. 



40 to 50 teeth in outer series of upper jaw . 37. P. rlwdostigma, Blgr., 



1. PELMATOCHROMIS POLYLEPIS. 



Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 143, pi. lii. fig. 1 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 433 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 277 ; 

 Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 566, pi. xxxvii. fig. 2. 



Depth of body 2| to 2| times in total length, length of head 3 to 

 3^ times. Head If to 2 times as long as broad; snout with straight 

 or convex upper profile, as long as broad or a little longer than broad, 



Pig. 258. 



Pelmalochromis polylepis. 

 Type (A. M. C). h 



1 (young) to If times as long as eye, which is 3 to 4 times in length of 

 head, 1 to lj times in interorbital width, and equals or exceeds prse- 

 orbital depth ; mouth rather small, extending to between vertical of 

 nostril and eye ; teeth small, in 4 or 5 series, 40 to 50 in outer series 

 of upper jaw. 4 or 5 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part 

 a little less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, broad, tubercular, 

 12 to 15 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV-XVI 13-15; 

 spines moderately strong, subequal from the sixth or seventh, which 



