12. 



Type of P. melanostigma. 



Lofu. 



13. 



Type of P. melanostigma. 



Kituta. 



14. 



Ad. 



Moliro. 



15. 



Ad. 



Albertville, 



16. 



Ad. 



Vua. 



PELMATOCHEOMIS. 423 



Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 



Dr. L. Steppers (C). 

 Capt. Hecq (C). 

 Dr. L. Stappers (C). 



35. PELMATOCHROMIS STAPPERSII. 

 Bouleng. Rev. Zool. Afr. iii. 1914, p. 444. 



Depth of body 3| to 4J times in total length, length of head 2§ to 

 3 times. Head 2 to 2\ times as long as broad ; snout as long as 

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

 which is 2f to 3 times in length of head, nearly \\ times interorbital 

 width, and nearly twice least depth of prseorbital ; mouth rather small, 

 not reaching vertical of anterior border of eye ; teeth very minute, 

 in 4 or 5 serias, forming a narrow band, 64 to 80 in outer row of upper 

 jaw ; 2 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part not quite 

 •j diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 13 to 16 on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Dorsal XII-XIV 12-13 ; spines slender, equal in length from 

 the fifth or sixth, about f length of head, soft rays not or but slightly 

 longer. Anal III 8-9 ; third spine about j length of head. Pectoral 

 as long as or a little shorter than head, reaching or nearly reaching 

 origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent or a little beyond. Caudal with 

 deep crescentic notch. Caudal peduncle 1^ to If times as long as deep. 

 Scales finely denticulate, 34-38 yi^tz'' hateral lines jo^. Brownish, 

 with a lateral series of dark spots, which may be confluent into a band, 

 and a dorsal series of similar spots ; male with a large black opercular 

 spot and a series of brown spots along the dorsal, which is finely edged 

 with black; female with a large blackish spot in the middle of the 

 spinous dorsal. 



Total length 95 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. — Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



1-2. Types. Tulo. Dr. L. Stappers (C). 



3-5. Types. Kilevva Bay. „ 



36. PELMATOCHROMIS PLEUROSPILUS. 

 Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 567, pi. xxxix. fig. 2. 



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

 Head twice as long as broad ; snout as long as broad, with convex upper 

 profile, as long as or a little shorter than eye, which is 2f to 3 times in 



