. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 454 narrow band. Maxillary exposed at the end. A large papillose pad on each side of the pharynx, forming a strong protuberance in front of the upper part of the branchial arches. Dorsal with 15 spines, anal with 3 or 4. Occipital and parietal crests strong, extending to between the orbits. Vertebras 36 (14+22). Lake Tanganyika. 1. GRAMMATOTBIA LEMAIRII. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1899, p. 90, pi. xviii. fig. 3, Ann. Mus. Congo, Zoo
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 454 narrow band. Maxillary exposed at the end. A large papillose pad on each side of the pharynx, forming a strong protuberance in front of the upper part of the branchial arches. Dorsal with 15 spines, anal with 3 or 4. Occipital and parietal crests strong, extending to between the orbits. Vertebras 36 (14+22). Lake Tanganyika. 1. GRAMMATOTBIA LEMAIRII. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1899, p. 90, pi. xviii. fig. 3, Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 146 (1901), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 443 () ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 3G9 ; Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 569. Depth of body 4 to 4-| times in total length, length of head 3 to 3J times. Head 1\ to 1\ times as long as broad; snout with slightly Fig. Grammatotria lemaini. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1899). f convex upper profile, longer than broad, longer than postocular part of head ; eye 3 to 3f times in head, equal to or a little exceeding interorbital width ; mouth extending to between nostril and eye; teeth in 4 or 5 series ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers rather short, 10 to 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV 14-15; spines rather feeble, equal from the fifth or seventh, f- or j length of head; soft rays not or but little longer. Anal III-IV 10-11; last spine a little stronger, but shorter, than dorsal. Pectoral f to -| length of head, extending to, or nearly to, vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent, or not quite so far. Caudal with deep crescentic notch. Caudal peduncle 2 to 2£ times as long as deep. Scales finely denti- culate, 52-55 A-r, 12-14 41-52 lateral lines -4--8. Grey • or pale brown above, 2-io. 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 m
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