. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. LAMPEOLOGUS. 4G9 small; cheek naked. Gill-rakers moderately long, 8 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVII-XVIII 8-9 ; spines subequal from the eighth or ninth, about f length of head ; longest soft ray I length of head. Anal VI-VII 6 ; last spine slightly longer than longest dorsal. Pectoral f length of head. Ventral nearly reaching origin of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales 35-38 Y^i; upper lateral line short, 8-15, lower absent. Pale brown ab
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. LAMPEOLOGUS. 4G9 small; cheek naked. Gill-rakers moderately long, 8 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVII-XVIII 8-9 ; spines subequal from the eighth or ninth, about f length of head ; longest soft ray I length of head. Anal VI-VII 6 ; last spine slightly longer than longest dorsal. Pectoral f length of head. Ventral nearly reaching origin of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales 35-38 Y^i; upper lateral line short, 8-15, lower absent. Pale brown above, Fig. Lamjjrologus multifasdatus. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1906). white beneath, with IG or 17 very regular dark brown bars, the last 3 or 4 of which are on the caudal hn ; dorsal fin with oblicjue dark brown bars. Total length 34 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1-4. Types. Niamkolo Buy. Dr. AV. A. Cnnninoton ((".). 5-G. Ad. & lioT. Sumbii Bay. Dr. [.. ^tappers ('C). 7. Ad. Lnvn Bay. â 10. LAMPROLOGUS M0DESTU8. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv, 1898, p. 8, pi. i. fig. 5, and Poiss. Ba-^s. (â ongo, j). 4(iO (1901;; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. l'J()4, p. 289; Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 558. Depth of body 3-^ to 3f times in total length, length of head 3 to 3^ times. Head twice as long as broad; snout a little longer than eye, which is ^\ to 4 times in length of head and equals interorbital width; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye; 6 rather large canine teeth in front of each jaw, followed by a moderately broad band of minute teeth ; lateral teeth small; cheek naked. Gill-rakers very short, 7 on lower part of anterior arch. Doisal XIX-XX 8-10; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures a little less than -i^ length of head; median soft rays produced, f to f length of head. Anal V-YI G-7 ; last spine a little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral 31 Bou II/IH. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may
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