. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 462 CICHLID^E. II. Caudal deeply notched. D. XIX-XXI 7-9; A. VI-VII 5-6; Sc. 50-60 jJIg; 14-16 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch 26. , Bgr., p. 483. Julidochromis ocellqtus, Steind. Anz. Ak. Wien, 1909, p. 402, from L. Tanganyika, probably belongs to this genus, but I am unable to suggest its proper place in the system without an examination of the type-specimen, preserved in the Vienna Museum. 1. LAMPROLOGUS BItEVIANALIS. Bou
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 462 CICHLID^E. II. Caudal deeply notched. D. XIX-XXI 7-9; A. VI-VII 5-6; Sc. 50-60 jJIg; 14-16 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch 26. , Bgr., p. 483. Julidochromis ocellqtus, Steind. Anz. Ak. Wien, 1909, p. 402, from L. Tanganyika, probably belongs to this genus, but I am unable to suggest its proper place in the system without an examination of the type-specimen, preserved in the Vienna Museum. 1. LAMPROLOGUS BItEVIANALIS. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 555, pi. xxxvi. fig. 1. Depth of body 3§ times in total length, length of head 3 times. Head 2-g- times as long as broad, with nearly straight upper profile ; snout pointed, a little longer than eye, which is 3 J times in length of Fig. Laniprologus brevianalis. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1906). f. head and equals interorbital width ; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye; 8 rather large canine teeth in front of upper jaw and 4 in lower, followed by a moderately broad band of minute teeth ; lateral teeth small; cheek naked; pits of sensory canals very large. Gill-rakers short, 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVIII- XIX. 11 ; spines subequal from the eighth, J- length of head ; longest soft rays f- length of head. Anal IV 7 ; fourth spine as long as longest dorsals. Pectoral f- length of head. Ventral reaching origin of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle slightly longer than deep. Scales 40-43 w; lateral lines -gij^. Brown, somewhat lighter beneath, with darker and lighter longitudinal streaks on the sides and five broad dark transverse bands; vertical fins with numerous round whitish spots. Total length 83 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1. Type. Niamkolo. Dr. W. A. Cunnington ((?.)• 2. Yg. Komba Bay. ... Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - c
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