. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. PELMATOCHROMIS. 391 lateral Caudal peduncle deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 27-29 {^jzi-^; lines ^zu . Brownish, with 4 or 5 rather indistinct darker bars and a black opercular spot; a dark sj)ot below the base 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. & hgr. Naiina Km. W. l\ Lowo, Es(|. ((!.). 3, 4. Skel. Fig. J'ehnatochiumis lueitik ofcri. Na
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. PELMATOCHROMIS. 391 lateral Caudal peduncle deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 27-29 {^jzi-^; lines ^zu . Brownish, with 4 or 5 rather indistinct darker bars and a black opercular spot; a dark sj)ot below the base 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. & hgr. Naiina Km. W. l\ Lowo, Es(|. ((!.). 3, 4. Skel. Fig. J'ehnatochiumis lueitik ofcri. Nanim Kru. 8. PELMATOCHROMLS CX'ELLIFKK. Boiileng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 104, and Poiss. Bass. Congo. ].. -lli? (1901); Steind. Uenksclir. Ak. Wien, Ixxxix. 1913, p. 58, fig. Fehiiafochromis hueftikoferi, part., Pellcgr. Mom. Soc. Zool. Franrc, xvi. 1904, p. 28G. Depth of body 2\ to 2J times in total length, length of head 2§ to 2^} times. Head neaily twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, with straight or slightly concave upper profile, a little broader tlian long, as long as or a little longer than diameter of eye, \vhich is 3^ to 4^ times in length of head, equals interorbital width, and exceeds pneorbital depth ; mouth moderately largo, 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, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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