. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). p. H. GREENWOOD A summary of morphometric characters is given below. It is based on 3 speci- mens only because the fourth is distorted and damaged. The latter specimen is, however, used in the description of the teeth and for fin ray and scale counts. Depth t Head t PO % 10% Snt % Eye % Cheek °/ T 1 0/ 0 ^J /o Ui% CV-\ 67-0 37-3 34-3 17-4 21-7 28-3 30-3 21-8 34-8 34-8 16-4 70-5 39-3 34-1 i6-7 27-0 31-3 29-2 22-9 37-5 37-5 16-5 74-5 37-5 34-2 15-6 24-7 28-4 27-4 23-5 39-1 35-3 l6-i t =per cent of standard length. % =per cent of head. Lj =
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). p. H. GREENWOOD A summary of morphometric characters is given below. It is based on 3 speci- mens only because the fourth is distorted and damaged. The latter specimen is, however, used in the description of the teeth and for fin ray and scale counts. Depth t Head t PO % 10% Snt % Eye % Cheek °/ T 1 0/ 0 ^J /o Ui% CV-\ 67-0 37-3 34-3 17-4 21-7 28-3 30-3 21-8 34-8 34-8 16-4 70-5 39-3 34-1 i6-7 27-0 31-3 29-2 22-9 37-5 37-5 16-5 74-5 37-5 34-2 15-6 24-7 28-4 27-4 23-5 39-1 35-3 l6-i t =per cent of standard length. % =per cent of head. Lj = lower jaw, Uj = upper jaw. Caudal peduncle I-3-I-4 times longer than deep. Dorsal head profile sloping steeply at ca 40''-45° with the horizontal, its outUne straight except for a marked concavity above the orbital region. Upper margin of the orbit distinctly below the level of the dorsal profile. Mouth horizontal, lips somewhat thickened ; posterior tip of the maxilla reaching a vertical through the anterior margin of the orbit. Jaws equal anteriorly, the lower ca 1-3 times longer than broad. Snout shghtly broader than Fig. 38. Haplocliromis nubilus. A Lake Victoria specimen. the Nile. From Boiilenger, Fishes of Gill rakers. Eight or g on the lower part of the first arch ; the lower 2 rakers are reduced, the remainder are relatively stout. Pseudorakers are present and discrete, but are rather low and small. Scales. Ctenoid ; lateral line with 31 () or 32 () scales, cheek with 3 or 4 rows. Five or 5A scales between the upper lateral Une and the dorsal fin origin, 6 between the pectoral and pelvic fin bases. Fins. Dorsal with 15 () spinous and 9 () or 10 {) branched rays, anal with 3 spines and 8 () or 9 () branched rays. Pectoral 26-2-28-2 per cent of standard. 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 perfect
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