. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 482 CICHLIDJE. fin; a sharply denned black opercular spot, edged with silvery in front. Total length 50 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1-2. Types. Tombwi. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 25. LAMPROLOGUS RETICULATUS. Boulcng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 560, pi. xxxv. fig. 4. Depth of body 4 times in total length, length of head 3| times. Head twice as long as broad; snont as long as eye, which is 3| times in length of head and equals interorbital width ;
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 482 CICHLIDJE. fin; a sharply denned black opercular spot, edged with silvery in front. Total length 50 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1-2. Types. Tombwi. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 25. LAMPROLOGUS RETICULATUS. Boulcng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 560, pi. xxxv. fig. 4. Depth of body 4 times in total length, length of head 3| times. Head twice as long as broad; snont as long as eye, which is 3| times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth extending to below anterior fourth of eye ; 10 small canines in front of each jaw, followed by a narrow band of minute teeth; lateral teeth very small; a few scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers short, 14 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIX 10 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which. Lamj>rologus reticulalus. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1906). |. measures ^ length of head and is but slightly shorter than longest soft rays. Anal VIII 8; last spine as long as last dorsal. Pectoral f length of head. Ventral reaching anal. Caudal truncate, slightly emarginate. Caudal peduncle 11 times as long as deep. Scales 39 p.; lateral lines J4. Brown, the scales edged with darker, the dark lines forming a reticulate pattern; dorsal and anal fins dark brown, with oblique rows of round whitish spots ; caudal brown, with numerous, rather indistinct, light spots at the base, and an oblique whitish streak in the upper corner. Total length 62 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1- Type. Vua. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (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 Zoology; Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937. London : Printed by order of the Trustees : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quar
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