. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. PELMATOCIIROMIS. 391 Caudal peduucle deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 27-29 ^, ; lateral Jines g-jj. Brownish, with 4 or 5 rather indistinct darker bars and a black opercular spot; a dark si)ot below the l>ase of the dorsal between the spinous and soft portions; soft dorsal with small light spots. Total length 130 millim. Liberia.—Type, in Leyden Museum, examined. 1-2. Ad. & lioT. Nanna Kru. W. P. Lowe, Esq. ((!) 3, 4. Skel. ^ ^ '^' Fig. Fehnaiochiomis luetti/,
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. PELMATOCIIROMIS. 391 Caudal peduucle deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 27-29 ^, ; lateral Jines g-jj. Brownish, with 4 or 5 rather indistinct darker bars and a black opercular spot; a dark si)ot below the l>ase of the dorsal between the spinous and soft portions; soft dorsal with small light spots. Total length 130 millim. Liberia.—Type, in Leyden Museum, examined. 1-2. Ad. & lioT. Nanna Kru. W. P. Lowe, Esq. ((!) 3, 4. Skel. ^ ^ '^' Fig. Fehnaiochiomis luetti/, ofei-i. Nanna Kru. 8. PELMATOCHROMiS OOPLEIFEH. Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 10-t, and Pois=s. Bass. Oongo, p. 437 (1901); St«ind. Uenksflir. Ak. "W'ien, Ixxxix. 1913, p. 58, fig. Pelmatochroinis luettikofen, part., Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 286. Depth of body 2j to 2\ times in total length, length of head 2f to 2f times. Head neaily twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, with straight or slightly concave upper profile, a little broader than long, as long as or a little longer than diameter of eye, which is 3^ to 4^ times in length of head, equals interorbital width, and exceeds pr?porbi(al depth ; mouth moderately large, extending to below anterior border of. 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 [by Taylor and Francis]
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