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Show 104 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON THE AFRICAN AND [Feb. 7, 5. PELMATOCHROMIS OCELLIFER, sp. n. 3 series of teeth in both jaws. Depth of body 2| in total length, length of head 2|. Snout as long as eye, which is 3i times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; maxillary extending to below anterior border of eye ; 3 series of scales on the cheek ; opercule naked. Gill-rakers very short, 7 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal X V 10 ; spines subequal from the fifth, a little more than | length of head ; middle soft rays produced into filaments. Pectoral f length of head. Ventral with produced outer rays, reaching anal spines. Anal III 8; third spine slightly shorter than longest dorsals. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 29]|; lat. 1. 8^. Olive above, yellowish beneath ; five dark olive bars, much broader than the spaces between them ; a blackish opercular spot; dorsal with blackish spots and a large blackish, light-edged ocellus on the last spines and the anterior soft rays; ventrals, anal, and caudal blackish. Total length 85 millim. A single specimen from Monsembe, Upper Congo. Presented to the British Museum by the Rev. J. H. Weeks. 6. PELMATOCHROMIS WELWITSCHI Blgr. P. Z. S. 1898, p. 149. Angola. 7. PELMATOCHROMIS GUENTHERI Sauv. P. Z. S. 1898, p. 150. Gold Coast. 8. PELMATOCHROMIS SUBOCELLATUS Gthr. P. Z. S. 1898, p. 150. Gaboon. 9. CHROMIDOTILAPIA Blgr. P. Z. S. 1898, p. 151. 1. CHROMIDOTILAPIA KINGSLEY^E Blgr. P. Z. S. 1898, p. 151. Gaboon, Ogowe. 2. CHROMIDOTILAPIA (?) FREDERICI Casteln. P. Z. S. 1898, p. 151. Lake Ngami. 10. COREMATODUS Blgr. P. Z. S. 1898, p. 152. 1. COREMATODUS SHIRANUS Blgr. P.Z. S. 1898, p. 152. Upper Shire' River. |