. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. LAMPROLOGUS. 479 teeth small; cheek naked or witli deciduous scales. Gill-rakers short, 9 or 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIX-XX 8-9 ; spines increasing slightly in length to the last, which measures nearly ^ length of head; median soft rays produced, at least | length of head. Anal VII-VIII G-7 ; last spine a little longer than longest doisal. Pectoral J to 4 length of head. Ventral produced into a long filament. Caudal rounded. C'audal peduncle as long as deep. Sc
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. LAMPROLOGUS. 479 teeth small; cheek naked or witli deciduous scales. Gill-rakers short, 9 or 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIX-XX 8-9 ; spines increasing slightly in length to the last, which measures nearly ^ length of head; median soft rays produced, at least | length of head. Anal VII-VIII G-7 ; last spine a little longer than longest doisal. Pectoral J to 4 length of head. Ventral produced into a long filament. Caudal rounded. C'audal peduncle as long as deep. Scales 33-35 fprn^; lateral Dark brown ; fins blackish. T 24-28 Imes -z. y-13 Total length 93 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1-3 Types. 4-5. Ty[ies. Mbity Rocks. Kinyanikolo. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). Fig. Lamprolo(jas moorii. Tj-pe (Tr. Z. S. 1898). -^. 22. LAMPROLOGUS COMPRESSICEPS. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1808, p. 7, ]>1. i. fig. 3, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 405 (1901) ; Pellegr. iMeni. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1*.)()-1, p. 21tl. Depth of body 2J to 2| times in total length, length of head 2f to 2f times. Head strongly compressed, 2| to 2| times as long as broad, with concave ui)p?r profile; snout a little longer than eye, which is 3 (young) to 4 times in length of head and exceeds interorbital width ; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye ; prtcmaxillary pro- cesses very lonj?, extending far between the orbits; G large canines in front of u{)per jaw and 4 in front of loA\er, followed by a narrow. 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, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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