. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. PELMATOCHKOMIS. 415 round orange spots on its posterior half; inner rays of ventral fin yellow, outer blackish; caudal fin greyish. Total length 155 millim. Lake Victoria. 1. Type. 2. Type. Bunjako. Entebbe. Mr. E. Degen (C). 29. PELMATOCHROMIS AUPJTUS. Paratilapia aurita, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. 1901, p. 2, Poiss. Bass. Congo, p 417 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 150, pi. xix. fig. 2. Pelmatochromis auritus, Pellegr. M
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. PELMATOCHKOMIS. 415 round orange spots on its posterior half; inner rays of ventral fin yellow, outer blackish; caudal fin greyish. Total length 155 millim. Lake Victoria. 1. Type. 2. Type. Bunjako. Entebbe. Mr. E. Degen (C). 29. PELMATOCHROMIS AUPJTUS. Paratilapia aurita, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. 1901, p. 2, Poiss. Bass. Congo, p 417 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 150, pi. xix. fig. 2. Pelmatochromis auritus, Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1901, p. 281 ; Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 568, pi. xxxix. fig. 4. Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 3 to 3^ times in total length. Head 2 to 2^ times as long as broad; snout rounded, with convex upper profile, as long as broad and as long as eye in the adult, Fig. Pelmatochromis auritus. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1901). j shorter in the young; eye 2§ (young) to 3^ times in length of head, equal to or greater than interocular width ; mouth moderate, extending to below anterior fourth or third of eye; teeth small, in 2 or 3 series, 60 to 80 in outer series of upper jaw; 4 or 5 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to or a little less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers moderate, 10 to 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV-XVII 9-10 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which is ^ or a little less than \ length of head; longest soft rays produced into filaments, as long as or a little shorter than head. Anal III 8; third spine stronger and shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral as long as or a little longer than head, reaching origin of anal or a little 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 Histo
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