. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. KEMICHKOMIS. 431 Hemichromis guttatus, Giintli. Cat. t. c. p. 275. Hemichromis letourneuxii, Sauv. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iv. 1880, p. 212. Hemichromis saharce, Sauv. t. c. p. 226; Rolland, Eev. ScientiL (4) ii. 1904, p. 418, fig. Hemichromis rolandi, Sauv. op. cit. v. 1881, p. 103 ; Rolland, 1. c. Depth of body 2\ to 3 times in total length, length of head 2f to 3^ times. Head lj to 2 times as long as broad ; snout with straight or convex upper
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. KEMICHKOMIS. 431 Hemichromis guttatus, Giintli. Cat. t. c. p. 275. Hemichromis letourneuxii, Sauv. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iv. 1880, p. 212. Hemichromis saharce, Sauv. t. c. p. 226; Rolland, Eev. ScientiL (4) ii. 1904, p. 418, fig. Hemichromis rolandi, Sauv. op. cit. v. 1881, p. 103 ; Rolland, 1. c. Depth of body 2\ to 3 times in total length, length of head 2f to 3^ times. Head lj to 2 times as long as broad ; snout with straight or convex upper profile, as long as or a little longer than eye, shorter in the very young; eye 2\ (young) to 4 times in length of head, 1 to 1^ times in interorbital width; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye, or not quite so far; middle outer teeth not or but feebly enlarged; usually one, very rarely two series of minute teeth, if any, behind the outer; 3 to 5 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to or a little less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers Fig. Hemichromis bimactdutus. White Nile (F. N.). 4. short, 8 to 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XI1I-XV 9-13; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures § to -^ length of head and f to f longest soft rays. Anal HI 7-9 ; third spine as long as or shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral â¢Â§â to f length of head, not extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral produced into a filament, reaching vent or anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle a little deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 25-29 jj^j; lateral lines ^p Yellowish brown or red, with or without blue dots; a large bluish-black spot on the gill-cover, another on the middle of the side of the body, and often a third at the base of the caudal fin, these spots sometimes surrounded by a pale circle; ill-defined dark cross-bars may be present on the body; small irregular dark spots sometimes present on the body;. Please note that
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