. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. LAMPEOLOGUS. 48c 26. LAMPROLOGUS FURCIFER. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1808, p. 0, pi. ii. fig. I, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 407 (1901) ; Pollegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 295. Depth of body 4 to 4| times in total length, length of head 2f to 3 times. Head twice as long as broad; snout as long as or a little longer than eye, which is 3| to of times in length of head and exceeds interorbital width; mouth extending to below anterior fourth of eye; 6 large canines,
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. LAMPEOLOGUS. 48c 26. LAMPROLOGUS FURCIFER. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1808, p. 0, pi. ii. fig. I, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 407 (1901) ; Pollegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 295. Depth of body 4 to 4| times in total length, length of head 2f to 3 times. Head twice as long as broad; snout as long as or a little longer than eye, which is 3| to of times in length of head and exceeds interorbital width; mouth extending to below anterior fourth of eye; 6 large canines, wide apart, in front of upper jaw, and 4 in front of lower, followed by a moderately broad band of minute teeth ; lateral teeth very small; cheek with deciduous scales. Gill-rakers short, 14 to 16 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIX-XXI 7-9 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures f length of head; Fig. Lam^yolog us farcifer. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1898). f. some of the soft rays produced, | to | length of head. Anal VI-VII 5-6 ; last spine as long as last dorsal. Pectoral | length of head. Ventral reaching vent or origin of anal. Caudal with deep crescentic notch. Caudal peduncle 1| to 2 times as long as deep. Scales 50-60 ^^: lateral lines -j^. Dark brown, with very indistinct blackish cross-bars on the body; spinous dorsal and ventrals blackish ; round black spots on the soft dorsal and caudal; caudal lobes tipped with whitish. Total length 125 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 2i2. 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 Francis]
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