. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. PELMATOCHKOMIS. 401 Dorsal XVI-XVII 8-9 ; spines gradually increasing in length to the last, which measures ^ to f length of head ; longest soft rays shorter than head. Anal III 6-7 ; third spine nearly ^ length of head. Pec- toral f to f length of head. Ventral produced into a filament, reaching vent or anal. Caudal rounded-subacuminate. Caudal peduncle a little deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 27-29 g; lateral lines -^' Olive above, whitish beneath • a blackish opercular spot
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. PELMATOCHKOMIS. 401 Dorsal XVI-XVII 8-9 ; spines gradually increasing in length to the last, which measures ^ to f length of head ; longest soft rays shorter than head. Anal III 6-7 ; third spine nearly ^ length of head. Pec- toral f to f length of head. Ventral produced into a filament, reaching vent or anal. Caudal rounded-subacuminate. Caudal peduncle a little deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 27-29 g; lateral lines -^' Olive above, whitish beneath • a blackish opercular spot; sometimes an ill- defined dark lateral stripe ; soft dorsal often with a round black spot behind the last spine; caudal sometimes with two black, light-edged ocellar spots above ; outer edge of ventrals blackish. Total length 65 millim. South Cameroon. 1-11. Types. Kribi U. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 12. Skel. ,, „ Fin;. Ftliaatodiroinls kribeusis. Type. 17. PELMATOCHROMIS T^NIATUS. Boulentv. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901, i. p. 10, pi. iv. fig. 3 ; Pellegr. BIcm. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 283. Depth of body 3 times in total length, length of head 3^ times. Head If to If times as long as broad; snout rounded, with convex upper profile, broader than long, as long as the eye, which is 3^ times in length of head, nearly equals interorbital width, and exceeds prte- orbital depth; mouth moderate, extending slightly beyond vertical of anterior border of eye; teeth small, in 2 or 3 series, about 60 in outer series of upper jaw; 2 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part much less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 11 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVIl-XVIII 7-8 ; spines gradually increasing in length to the last, which measures J length of head j longest soft rays produced into filaments, as long as head. Anal III 7 ; third spine as. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabilit
Size: 2196px × 1137px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorbritishmuseumnatur, bookcentury1900, booksubjectfishes
