384 



CICHIJD.E. 



soft rays about f to § length of head. Anal III 8-9 ; spines much 

 stronger than dorsals, third \ to slightly more than § length of head. 

 Pectoral 1^ to \\ times as long as head, reaching origin of anal. Ventral 

 produced into a filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal scaly, 

 distinctly emarginate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales cycloid 



5-6 



or very indistinctly denticulate, 40-45 a ; lateral lines j^-^?, the lower 



12-15 



26-3G' 



extending far forward, sometimes nearly to above the axil. Golden ; 

 dorsal and anal with straight or oblique purplish streaks, which may form 



Fig. 259. 



<*$M- 



: ^ 





Pelmatochromis jentinki. 



Bafata. |. 



a wide-meshed network ; caudal white, edged with blackish in the young, 

 with a purplish network in the adult. 



Total length 290 millim. 



Gambia to Liberia. — Type in Leyden Museum. 



1-2. Hgr.&yg. 



3. Skel. 



4. Ad. 



Gambia. 



J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 



G-eba R. at Bafata, Portuguese Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 

 Guinea. 



