. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. LAMPROLOGUS. i i Tgryg. Brown or olive above, paler or white beneath, the scales edged' with darker; dorsal fin with a yellow border finely edged with blackish, this border continued on the upper third of the caudal; vertical fins with numerous small round whitish spots. Total length 125 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1. Type. Mpala. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 2-3. Types. Niamkolo. ., 4. Ad. Kabon-c. „ 19. LAMPROLOGUS FASCIATUS. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc.
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. LAMPROLOGUS. i i Tgryg. Brown or olive above, paler or white beneath, the scales edged' with darker; dorsal fin with a yellow border finely edged with blackish, this border continued on the upper third of the caudal; vertical fins with numerous small round whitish spots. Total length 125 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1. Type. Mpala. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 2-3. Types. Niamkolo. ., 4. Ad. Kabon-c. „ 19. LAMPROLOGUS FASCIATUS. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 7, pi. i. fig. 2, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 406 (1901); Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 293. Depth of body 4 times in total length, length of head 3 times. Head 2-g- times as long as broad ; snout as long as eye, which is 3 times in length of head and equals § interorbital width; mouth extending Fig. Lamprologus fasciatus. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1898). %. to below anterior border of eye ; 8 rather large canines in front of upper jaw, and 6 in front of lower, followed by a narrow band of minute teeth ; lateral teeth small; cheek naked. Gill-rakers very short, 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIX 8 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures f length of head and nearly equals longest soft rays. Anal X 6 ; last spine a little longer than last dorsal. Pectoral \ length of head. Ventral reaching vent. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales 46 ^; lateral lines %^ Yellowish, with 11 dark brown cross-bands, the first on the vertex ; fins greyish, dorsal and anal edged with blackish. Total length 70 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1. Type. Kinyamkolo. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (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 Hist
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