PELMATOCIIROMIS. 



421 



4 - - 5 



Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 34-36 yi, 2 .. ; 

 lateral lines f 5 rj^. Brownish above, whitish beneath, with five or six 

 broad dark cross-bands, the last two on the caudal peduncle ; a dark 

 brown opercular spot and a large dark brown spot at the base of the 

 pectoral fin ; fins without markings, 



Total length 255 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1. Type. Kigoma. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 



2. Ad. Moliro. Dr. L. Stappers (C). 



Fi<;. 288. 



Jfelmatociiromis frontosutt. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1906). \. 



34. PELMATOCIIROMIS MACROPS. 

 Paratilapia macrops, Boulen";. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1698, p. 13, pi', iii. fig. 2, and 



Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 423 (1901). 

 Pelmatochromis macrops, Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p, 284. 

 Pelmatocliromis melano stigma, Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc, xvii, 1906, p. 567, pi. xxxix. 



fig. 1. 



Depth of body 2f to o\ times in total length, length of head 2§ to 

 3 times. Head 2 to 2| times as long as broad ; snout a little broader 

 than long, with straight or convex upper profile, as long as or a little 

 shorter than eye, which is 2|- to 3 times in length of head, nearly twice 

 interorbital width or least depth of praeorbital ; mouth moderate, 

 extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth small, in 3 to 5 series, 

 forming a narrow band, sometimes a few on the sides of the lower jaw 

 strongly enlarged ; 60 to 70 teeth in outer row of upper jaw ; 2 or 



