. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. PELMATOCHROMJS. 415 nnind orangre spots on its posterior half; inner rays of ventral fin yellow, outer blackish ; caudal fin greyish. Total length 155 millim. Lake Victoria. 1. Type. Bunjiiko. Mr. E. Degen (C). 2. Type. Entebbe. ,, 21). PELMATOCHKOMTS AUHITUS. Paratilapia anrita, Boiileng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. 1901, p. 2, Buss. Congo, p 417 (1001), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. IJJOl, p. 150, pi. xix. fig. 2. Pehnatocltronns aurit-us, Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France,
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. PELMATOCHROMJS. 415 nnind orangre spots on its posterior half; inner rays of ventral fin yellow, outer blackish ; caudal fin greyish. Total length 155 millim. Lake Victoria. 1. Type. Bunjiiko. Mr. E. Degen (C). 2. Type. Entebbe. ,, 21). PELMATOCHKOMTS AUHITUS. Paratilapia anrita, Boiileng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. 1901, p. 2, Buss. Congo, p 417 (1001), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. IJJOl, p. 150, pi. xix. fig. 2. Pehnatocltronns aurit-us, Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1004, p. 284 ; Bouleiig. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1006, \). 5G8, pi. xxxix. fig. 4. Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 3 to 3J 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. Felmatochromis atirihis. Type(Tr. Z. S. 1901). a. 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, CO 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 J 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 History). Dept. of Zoo
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