408 CICHLID.E. 



forming a broad band, in 7 or 8 series, outer rather large and numbering 

 about 40 in upper jaw ; 6 to 9 series of scales on the cheek, width of 

 scaly part exceeding diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, tubercular, 6 

 to 8 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV 14 ; spines subequal 

 from the third, ^ length of head; longest soft rays \ length of head. 

 Anal III 8-9 ; spines stronger than dorsals, third f length of head. 

 Pectoral f length of head, not reaching origin of anal. Ventral 

 reaching vent. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle deeper than long. 

 Scales ctenoid, 29-30 jg ; lateral lines y^n- Brownish ; a dark brown 

 band between the eyes, another on each side of the body, from the head 

 to the caudal peduncle, between the lateral lines ; a roundish blackish 

 spot on the lateral band above the pectoral fin ; soft dorsal dark at 

 the base. 



Total length 2G0 millim. 



Upper Congo. — Type in Paris Museum. 



1. Type of P. twniatus Monsembe. Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 



= polyodon. 



23. PELMATOCHROMIS ANGOLENSIS. 



? Tlemiehromis angolensis, Steind. Me in. Ac. Lisb. (3) iii. pt. ii. 1865, no. 10 ; 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 136. 



Depth of body 2h times in total length, length of head 2f to 3 times. 

 Head 2 to 2 j times as long as broad ; snout as long as broad, with 

 slightly convex upper profile, as long as or a little longer than eye, 

 which is 3 § to 4 times * in length of head, equals interorbital width, 

 and exceeds prseorbital depth; mouth moderate, extending to below 

 anterior border of eye ; 2 series of teeth, outer rather large and bicuspid 

 in the young, inner tricuspid in the young ; 30 to 34 teeth in outer series 

 of upper jaw ; 6 or 7 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part 

 equal to or exceeding diameter of eye. Gill-rakers very short, 8 to 10 

 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XV 12-13; spines 

 increasing in length to the last, which measures a little less than ± 

 length of head ; longest soft rays \ to f length of head. Anal III 9-10 ; 

 third spine as long as or a little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral f 

 to f length of head, not reaching vertical of origin of anal. Ventral 

 reaching vent. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 



Scales feebly denticulate, 33-34 -fjj- ; lateral lines j^zjs- Brown above, 



* 6 times in the larger specimen (200 millim.) described by Steindachner. 



