. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 536 Anmnh of flic Honih African Museum. depth; mouth moderate, extending to below anterior border of eye; 3 series of teeth, outer rather large, 50 in upper jaw; 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part slightly less than diameter of eye. Grill-raters very short, 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal xv 11 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures -} length of head ; longest soft ray f length of head. Anal iii 8 ; 3rd spine stronger but a little shorter than last dorsal.
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 536 Anmnh of flic Honih African Museum. depth; mouth moderate, extending to below anterior border of eye; 3 series of teeth, outer rather large, 50 in upper jaw; 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part slightly less than diameter of eye. Grill-raters very short, 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal xv 11 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures -} length of head ; longest soft ray f length of head. Anal iii 8 ; 3rd spine stronger but a little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, reaching vertical of origin of anal. Ventral extending a little beyond origin of anal. Caudal rounded (obliquely. FIG. 152.—Pelmatochromis <J«rlingi. Type. subtruncate). Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 32 ^; lateral lines f 5. Brownish above, whitish beneath, with seven very indistinct darker cross-bars; a dark bar below anterior third of eye; dorsal and anal fins with round brown spots. Total length 110 millim. Makabusi Eiver, Zambesi ; 2. PELMATOCHROMIS SPEKII, Blgr. Bouleng., Ann. and Mag. Nat, Hist. (7), xvii, 1906, p. 440, Fish. Nile, p. 486, pi. Ixxxviii, fig. 2 (1907), Ann. Mus. Genova (3), v, 1911, p. 69, and Freshw. Fish. Africa, iii, p. 416, fig. 285, (1915). Teeth conical, in three rows, outer larger and slightly curved, about. 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 South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ]
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