. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 482 fin; a sharply defined black opercular spot, edged with silvery in front. Total length 50 millim. T^ake Tanganyika. 1-2. Types. Tcmbwi. Dr. "W. A. Cunnington (C). 25. LAMPROLOGUS KETICULATUS. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 5G0, pi. xxxv. fig. 4. Depth of body 4 times in total length, length of head oj times. Head twice as long as broad; snout as long as eye, which is 3^ times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth extending to bel
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 482 fin; a sharply defined black opercular spot, edged with silvery in front. Total length 50 millim. T^ake Tanganyika. 1-2. Types. Tcmbwi. Dr. "W. A. Cunnington (C). 25. LAMPROLOGUS KETICULATUS. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 5G0, pi. xxxv. fig. 4. Depth of body 4 times in total length, length of head oj times. Head twice as long as broad; snout as long as eye, which is 3^ times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth extending to below anterior fourth of eye ; 10 small canines in front of each jaw, folloAved by a narrow band of minute teeth ; lateral teeth very small; a few scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers short, 14 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIX 10 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which. Lamjpruloyus retkulcilus. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1906). |. measures ^ length of head and is but slightly shorter than longest soft rays. Anal VIII 8; last spine as long as last dorsal. Pectoral | length of head. Ventral reaching anal. Caudal truncate, slightly emarginate. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales 39 i ; lateral lines -{. Brown, the scales edged with darker, the dark lines forming a reticulate pattern; dorsal and anal fins dark brown, with oblique rows of round whitish spots ; caudal brown, with numerous, ratlier indistinct, light spots at the base, and an oblique whitish streak in the upper corner. Total length 62 millim. Lake Tanganyika. ^- ^'^'^"- ^^"''- Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C).. 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, George Albert, 1858-1937. London, Printed by order of the Trustees [by Taylor and Francis]
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