PELMATOCHEOMIS. 



397 



Pectoral about f length of head. 



Ventral produced into a filament, 

 Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle deeper 



O i)ft 



Scales cycloid, 25 ^ ; lateral lines g^. Four dusky trans- 



not quite reaching anal 



than long. Scales cycloid, w 1( 



verse bars may be traced on the body ; a black opercular spot. 



Total length 140 millim. 



Meme River, Cameroon. — Type in Stockholm Museum. 



13. PELMATOCHROMIS WELWITSCHII. 



Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 149, pi. xix. fig. 1 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. 

 Franco, xvi. 1904, p. 717. 



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

 a little more than twice as long as broad ; snout obtusely pointed, with 

 straight upper profile, as long as broad, twice as long as eye, which is 



Fig. 268. 



Pelmatochromis weluilckii. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1898). |. 



5 times in length of head and equals interorbital width or prseorbital 

 depth ; mouth moderate, extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth 

 small, in 3 series, 50 in outer series of upper jaw ; 5 series of scales on 

 the cheek, width of scaly part greater than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers 

 short, denticulate, 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV 11 ; 

 spines increasing in length to the seventh, which measures J length of 

 head and £ longest soft rays. Anal III 7 ; third spine a little shorter 

 than longest dorsal. Pectoral § length of head, not reaching origin of 

 anal. Ventral not reaching vent. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle 

 a little longer than deep. Scales cycloid, 33 -f; lateral lines g. Pale 



