PELMATOCHROMIS. 



391 



Caudal peduncle deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 27-29 j^; lateral 

 lines g-jj. Brownish, with 4 or 5 rather indistinct darker bars and a 

 black opercular spot ; a dark spot below the base of the dorsal between 

 the spinous and soft portions ; soft dorsal with small light spots. 



Total length 130 millim. 



Liberia. — Type, in Leyden Museum, examined. 



1-2. Ad. & hgr. Nanna Kru. W. P. Lowe, Esq. ((!.). 



3, 4. Skel. 



Fig. 263. 



Pelmatoc/tromis buettikofei'i. 

 Nanna Kru. 



8. PELMATOCHROMIS OCELLIFER. 



Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 104, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 437 (1901;; 



Steind. Denkschr. Ak. Wien, lxxxix. 1913, p. 58, fig. 

 Pelmatochromis buettikoferi, part., Pellegr. Me^m. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, 



p. 286. 



Depth of body 2j to 2| times in total length, length of head 2§ to 2f 

 times. Head nearly twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, with 

 straight or slightly concave upper profile, a little broader than long, as 

 long as or a little longer than diameter of eye, which is 3£ to 4-| times 

 in length of head, equals interorbital width, and exceeds prseorbital 

 depth ; mouth moderately large, extending to below anterior border of 



