. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. PELMATOCHEOMIS. 419 bright yellow, the ventral black on the outer side; two large round orange spots, encircled with red, on the posterior part of the anal fin. Total length 145 millim. Lake Victoria. 1. Type. Buganga. Mr. E. Degen (C). 32. PELMATOCHEOMIS CAVIFEONS. Faratilapia? cavifrons, Hilgend. Sitzb. Ges. nat. Fr. Bed. 1888, p. 77 ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 141. Hemichromis cavifrons, Pfeff. Tliierw. , Fische, p. 21 (1896). Pelmatocliromis cavifrons, Bou
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. PELMATOCHEOMIS. 419 bright yellow, the ventral black on the outer side; two large round orange spots, encircled with red, on the posterior part of the anal fin. Total length 145 millim. Lake Victoria. 1. Type. Buganga. Mr. E. Degen (C). 32. PELMATOCHEOMIS CAVIFEONS. Faratilapia? cavifrons, Hilgend. Sitzb. Ges. nat. Fr. Bed. 1888, p. 77 ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 141. Hemichromis cavifrons, Pfeff. Tliierw. , Fische, p. 21 (1896). Pelmatocliromis cavifrons, Bouleng. Fisli. Nile, p. 485, pi. Ixxxviii. fig. 1 (1907), and Ann. Mus. Genova, (3) v. 1911, p. 68. Depth of body 2^ to 3^ times in total length, length of head 2\ to 2f times. Head large, 2 to 2f times as long as broad; snout with slightly convex upper profile, as long as broad or a little broader than long, about twice as long as eye, which is 5 to 5J times in length of Fiff. Fehnatochromis cavifrons. Buganga (F. N.). f. head, 1| to 1^ times in interorbital width and equals prseorbital depth ; mouth large, very oblique, not extending quite to below anterior border of eye ; lower jaw strongly projecting; teeth in 4 or 5 series, a few of the inner sometimes tricuspid, outer large and strongly curved, 60 to 70 in outer series of upper jaw; 5 or 6 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part greater than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers mode- rately long and stout, 7 to 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV-X VI 8-10 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures 2e 2. 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 [by Taylor and Francis]
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