. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 388 CICHLID^E. yellowish spots, which may be confluent into transverse bars on the posterior part of the caudal. Total length 175 millim. Upper Congo. 1. Type. Stanley Falls. Rev. W. H. Bentley (C). 2. Ad. Monsembe. Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 5. PELMATOCHROMIS GUENTHERI. Ilemichromis guentheri, Sauv. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1882, p. 317, pi. v. fig. 1. Ilemichromis voltce, Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, xcvi. i. 1887, p. 60, pi. i. fig. 3. Pelmatochromis
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 388 CICHLID^E. yellowish spots, which may be confluent into transverse bars on the posterior part of the caudal. Total length 175 millim. Upper Congo. 1. Type. Stanley Falls. Rev. W. H. Bentley (C). 2. Ad. Monsembe. Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 5. PELMATOCHROMIS GUENTHERI. Ilemichromis guentheri, Sauv. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1882, p. 317, pi. v. fig. 1. Ilemichromis voltce, Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, xcvi. i. 1887, p. 60, pi. i. fig. 3. Pelmatochromis guentheri, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 150 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 279, and Bull. Soc. Philom. (10) i. 1909, p. 52. Ilemichromis 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 2y to 2f times in total length, length of head 2f to 2-f times. Head twice or a little over twice as long as broad ; snout Fig. Pelmatochromis guentlieri. 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 4^ 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 0 (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, George Albert, 185
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