PELMATOCHKOMES. 



409 



yellowish beneath ; a dark opercular spot ; dorsal and caudal with round 

 dark spots, which may be replaced by rings. 



Total length 110 millim. 



Angola,. — Type in Lisbon Museum. 



1-2. Hgr. & yg. Ponang Kuma, Mossamedes. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



3- Skel. 



Fig. 278. 





I'tlmatochromis angdlensis. 

 PoDans; Kuma. 



24. PELMATOCHROMIS MULTIOCELLATUS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) xii. 1913, p. 484. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, which is 2f times in total 

 length. Head 2\ times as long as broad ; snout as long as broad, with 

 slightly convex upper profile, 1J times as long as eye, which is 4 times 

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

 prseorbital depth ; mouth rather large, extending to below anterior 

 border of eye ; 2 series of teeth, outer rather large, 50 in upper jaw; 

 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to diameter of 

 eye. Gill-rakers very short, 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 

 XVI 10 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures f length 

 of head ; longest soft ray about § length of head. Anal III 9 ; third 

 spine stronger but a little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral § length 

 of head, not reaching vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent. 



