. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. TELMATOCHROMIS. 487 ,^'^°'"; I^it^ta. Dr. W. A. Cuiinlngton (C). 10-14. \g. MtondvveBay. ^^* ^'^- Kilc^Y;l Bay. Dr. L. Stappers (C). ^^" ^'" Tanganyika. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 2. TELMATOCHROMIS VITTATUS. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 10, pi. ii. fig. 2, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 4iC (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 298. Depth of body 4^ to 4| times in total length, length of head 4 times. Head twice as long as broad ; profi
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. TELMATOCHROMIS. 487 ,^'^°'"; I^it^ta. Dr. W. A. Cuiinlngton (C). 10-14. \g. MtondvveBay. ^^* ^'^- Kilc^Y;l Bay. Dr. L. Stappers (C). ^^" ^'" Tanganyika. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 2. TELMATOCHROMIS VITTATUS. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 10, pi. ii. fig. 2, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 4iC (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 298. Depth of body 4^ to 4| times in total length, length of head 4 times. Head twice as long as broad ; profile of snout descending in a strong curve ; snout as long as or a little longer than eye, which is 3f to 4 times in length of head and equals interovbital width ; mouth ex- tending to below nostril; 12 to 16 large conical teeth in each jaw; cheek naked. Gill-rakers very short and few. Dorsal XXl-XXII 8 ;. ^^ 4^^y^y^'' Tdmatocliromis vittatus. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1898). |. spines increasing in length to the last, which measures | length of head and a little less than longest soft rays. Anal VII 5-6 ; last spine as long as last dorsal. Pectoral f length of head. Ventral produced into a short filament, reaching origin of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal pe- dunclc as long as deep. Scales 45-52 j^; lateral lines y^y Yellowish ; a dark brown lateral band from the upper lip, through the eye, to the base of the caudal where it ends in a round spot; a second band commences on the vertex and extends along the base of the dorsal; a few dark brown spots on the dorsal; anal edged with dark brown ; a vertical black bar at the base of the pectoral. Total length 78 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1-2. Types. Mbity Rocks. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C.).. 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
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