. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. LAMPEOLOGUS. 48: 26. LAMPROLOGUS FURCIFER. Boiileng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 0, pi. ii. fig. 1, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 407 (11)01) ; Pcllegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvl. 1904, p. 295. Depth of body 4 to 4J 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 3j to 3§ times in length of head and exceeds interorbital width; mouth extending to below anterior fourth of eye ; G large canines,
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. LAMPEOLOGUS. 48: 26. LAMPROLOGUS FURCIFER. Boiileng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 0, pi. ii. fig. 1, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 407 (11)01) ; Pcllegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvl. 1904, p. 295. Depth of body 4 to 4J 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 3j to 3§ times in length of head and exceeds interorbital width; mouth extending to below anterior fourth of eye ; G 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 witli 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. Lamproloy us furclfer. Type(Tr. Z. S. 1898). f. some of the soft rays produced, f to | length of head. Anal Vl-Vll 5-G; last spine as long as last dorsal. Pectoral I 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-GO i(ji2o.« It'^teral lines ijyl* 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 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, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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