. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 382 CICHLIDiE. D. XII-XIII 12-13 ; A. Ill 7-8 ; Sc. 32- 35 j^ ; 50 (o 60 teeth in outer series of [p. 423. upper jaw 3G. P. pleurospilus, Blgr., D. XIII 12-14 ; A. Ill 6-8; Sc. 32-35 ,-jLj; [p. 424. 40 to 50 teeth in outer series of upper jaw . 37. P. rlwdostigma, Blgr., 1. PELMATOCHROMIS POLYLEPIS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 143, pi. lii. fig. 1 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 433 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 190
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 382 CICHLIDiE. D. XII-XIII 12-13 ; A. Ill 7-8 ; Sc. 32- 35 j^ ; 50 (o 60 teeth in outer series of [p. 423. upper jaw 3G. P. pleurospilus, Blgr., D. XIII 12-14 ; A. Ill 6-8; Sc. 32-35 ,-jLj; [p. 424. 40 to 50 teeth in outer series of upper jaw . 37. P. rlwdostigma, Blgr., 1. PELMATOCHROMIS POLYLEPIS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 143, pi. lii. fig. 1 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 433 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 277 ; Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 566, pi. xxxvii. fig. 2. Depth of body 2| to 2| times in total length, length of head 3 to 3^ times. Head If to 2 times as long as broad; snout with straight or convex upper profile, as long as broad or a little longer than broad, Pig. Pelmalochromis polylepis. Type (A. M. C). h 1 (young) to If times as long as eye, which is 3 to 4 times in length of head, 1 to lj times in interorbital width, and equals or exceeds prse- orbital depth; mouth rather small, extending to between vertical of nostril and eye ; teeth small, in 4 or 5 series, 40 to 50 in outer series of upper jaw. 4 or 5 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part a little less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, broad, tubercular, 12 to 15 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV-XVI 13-15; spines moderately strong, subequal from the sixth or seventh, which. 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 the British Museum (Natural History)
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