PELMATOCHROMIS. 



39c 



9. PELMATOCHROMIS NIGROFASCIATUS. 

 Paratilapia nigrofasciata, Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1900, p. 353 ; Bouleng. Poiss. 



Bass. Congo, p. 421 (1901) ; Steind. Denkschr. Ak. Wien, lxxxix. 1913, 



p. 54. 

 Pehnatocliromis batesil, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) viii. 1901, p. 114. 

 Pelrnatocliromis nigrofasciatus, Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 280, 



pi. vi. fig. 2, and Bull. Soc. Philom. (9) ix. 1907, p. 37. 



Depth of body 1\ to 3 times in total length, length of head 2J to 3 



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



slightly convex upper profile, as long as broad, \\ to \\ times as long 



as eye, which is 3| to 4 times in length of head, 1 to \\ times in 



PehnatocTiromis nigrofasciatus. 

 Type of P. latesii. 



interorbital width, and equals or slightly exceeds praorbital depth ; 

 mouth moderately large, extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth in 

 3 to 5 series, outer rather large, 40 to 64 in outer series of upper jaw ; 

 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to or a 

 little greater than the diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, tubercular, 

 10 or 11 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XVI 9-11; 

 spines increasing in length to the last, which measures ^ to -§- length of 

 head ; middle soft rays more or less produced, often as long as head. 

 Anal HI 7-9 ; third spine as long as or a little shorter than longest 

 dorsal. Pectoral § to f length of head, not reaching origin of anal. 



