. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. PELMATOCHKOMIS. 385 3. PELMATOCHROMIS LATERALIS. Pehnafocliromh ijaentiierl (non Saiiv.'i, Boiileng. ; Mag. N. H. (6) xvii. 1896, p. 310. PeJmatochromis laferaUs, Bonleng. Pi'oc. ZooL Soc. 1808, p. 1-48, and Poiss. Ba3S. Congo, p. iU (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 270 ; Steiiid. Denkschr. Ak. Wien, Ixxxix. 1913, p'. 59. Pelinatochrontis lepiduras^ Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Pari?, 1900, p. 275. Depth of body 2 to 3 times in total length, length of head
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. PELMATOCHKOMIS. 385 3. PELMATOCHROMIS LATERALIS. Pehnafocliromh ijaentiierl (non Saiiv.'i, Boiileng. ; Mag. N. H. (6) xvii. 1896, p. 310. PeJmatochromis laferaUs, Bonleng. Pi'oc. ZooL Soc. 1808, p. 1-48, and Poiss. Ba3S. Congo, p. iU (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 270 ; Steiiid. Denkschr. Ak. Wien, Ixxxix. 1913, p'. 59. Pelinatochrontis lepiduras^ Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Pari?, 1900, p. 275. Depth of body 2 to 3 times in total length, length of head 2i to 3^ times. Head 2 to 2J times as long as broad; snout rounded, with straight or slightly convex upper profile, 1 (young) to If times as long as eye, which is '6\ to 4 times in length of head, 1 to IJ times in Fig. Fchnutochroiiiis lettered in. Bolobo. |. interorbital width and equal to or a little less than prirorbital depth in the adult; mouth rather small, extending to below nostril or between nostril and eye ; teeth small, in 3 to 5 series, 40 to 50 in outer series of ii})per jaw ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, broad, tubercular, 15 to 17 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XVI 12-14; spines rather strong, subequal from the iifth or increasing in length to the last, last g to J length of head ; longest soft rays | to | length of head. Anal III 7-S ; spines much stronger than dorsals, thud | to |. 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 Wesley
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