. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. PELMATOCIIROMIS. 421 4 - - 5 Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 34-36 yi, ; lateral lines f5rj^. 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.
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. PELMATOCIIROMIS. 421 4 - - 5 Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 34-36 yi, ; lateral lines f5rj^. 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<;. 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 melanostigma, 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. 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, George Albert, 1858-1937. London : Printed by order of the Trustees : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at th
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