. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 424 length of head, nearly IJ times interorbital width, and nearly twice least depth of prfBorbital; mouth moderate, not extending quite to below anterior border of eye ; teeth small, in 3 or 4 series, forming a narrow band, 50 to 60 in outer row of upper jaw ; 2 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part about J diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 11 or ] 2 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XII-XIII 12-13; spines equal in length from the fifth, ^ to f
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 424 length of head, nearly IJ times interorbital width, and nearly twice least depth of prfBorbital; mouth moderate, not extending quite to below anterior border of eye ; teeth small, in 3 or 4 series, forming a narrow band, 50 to 60 in outer row of upper jaw ; 2 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part about J diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 11 or ] 2 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XII-XIII 12-13; spines equal in length from the fifth, ^ to f length of head, soft rays not or but slightly longer. Anal III 7-8 ; third spine as long as longest dorsal. Pectoral slightly shorter than head, reaching origin of anal. Ventral reaching origin of anal. Caudal with deep crescentic notch. Claudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales finely denticulate, Yig. Felmatochromis pleurosjnlus. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1906). oi 99_9R 32-35 jg; lateral lines ^if^. Olive above, silvery white beneath; a black opercular spot, followed by a series of two to six black spots along the side of the body; dorsal black-edged, with blackish or brownish spots; caudal with an orange band, with (males) or Avithout (females) white and grey markings. Total length 75 raillim. liflke Tanganyika. 1-3. Types. Mpala. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 4-6. Tj'pes. Tembwi. „ 37. PELMATOCHROMIS RHODOSTIGMA. Bouleng. Tr, Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 568, pi. xxxix. fig. 3. Depth of body 3f to d^ times in total length, length of head 2f to 3 times. Head 2^ to 2\ times as long as broad ; snout as long as. 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 Franc
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