40G 



CICHLIDiE. 



21. PELMATOCHROMIS ANSORGHI. 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901, i. p. 8, pi. iv. fig. 1 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. 

 France, xvi. 1904, p. 282. 



Depth of body 2-g- to 2§ times in total length, length of head 2f to 

 3 times. Head 1§ to If- times as long as broad; snout rounded, with 

 straight or slightly convex upper profile, broader than long, as long as 

 eye, which is 3| to 3§ times in length of head, 1-J times in inter- 

 orbital width, and exceeds prceorbital depth ; mouth moderate, not 

 extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth small, in 2 to 4 series, 

 44 to 56 in outer series of upper jaw ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the 

 cheek, width of scaly part equal to diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 

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

 spines subequal or last slightly longer, not quite J length of head ; 

 middle soft rays produced, f to once length of head. Anal III 8 ; third 

 spine as long as dorsals. Pectoral § to f length of head, not reaching 

 origin of anal. Ventral produced into a filament, reaching origin of 

 anal or beyond. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle much deeper than 



Fig. 276. 



Pehnaiochromis ansbrgii. 



P. Z. S. 1901. 



long. 



Scales cycloid, 27-29 ^ ; lateral lines ~. 



Dark olive-brown 



above, yellowish beneath ; a blackish opercular spot ; three or four 

 vertically elongate large dark spots on each side of the body, below the 

 upper lateral line ; fins greyish, soft dorsal, anal, and caudal chequered 

 with small darker and lighter spots. 

 Total length 90 millim. 



Lower Niger. 



