. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 388 CICHXID^. yellowish spots, which may be confluent into transverse bars on the posterior part of the caudal. Totaliength 175 millim. Upper Congo. 1. Type. Stanley Falls. Rev. W. H. Bentley (C). 2. Ad. Monsembe. Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). o. PELMATOCHROMIS GUENTHERI. Ilemichromis ffuentheri, Sauv. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1882, p. 317, pi. v. fig. 1. I/emichromis voitce, Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, xcvi. i. 1887, p. 60, pi. i. fig. 3. Pelmatochromis ffuentheri, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. S
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 388 CICHXID^. yellowish spots, which may be confluent into transverse bars on the posterior part of the caudal. Totaliength 175 millim. Upper Congo. 1. Type. Stanley Falls. Rev. W. H. Bentley (C). 2. Ad. Monsembe. Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). o. PELMATOCHROMIS GUENTHERI. Ilemichromis ffuentheri, Sauv. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1882, p. 317, pi. v. fig. 1. I/emichromis voitce, Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, xcvi. i. 1887, p. 60, pi. i. fig. 3. Pelmatochromis ffuentheri, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1898, p. 150 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 279, and Bull Soc. PLilom. (10) i. 1909, p. 52. Hemichromis tersquamatus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 717, pi. xlii. fig. B. Pelmatochromis pellegrini, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, ii. p. 328, pi. xxix. fig. 2 ; Pellegr. t. c. p. 280. Depth of body 2\ to 2| times in total length, length of head 2J to 2f times. Head twice or a little over twice as long as broad ; snout. I'tlmaioch romis (/uentkeri. Type of P. tersquamatus, after Giinther (P. Z. S. 1899). |. obtusely pointed, with straight or slightly convex upper profile, as long as broad, 1 (young) to 2 times as long as eye, which is 3 (young) to 4J times in length of head, 1 to 1-^ times in interorbital width or preeorbital depth; mouth moderate, extending to between nostril and eye; 2 to 4 series of teeth in each jaw, outer rather large, 40 to 60 in outer series of upper jaw ; 4 or 5 (rarely 3) series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to or a little less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesle
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