. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 292 CICHLIDiE. to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle Ij times as long as deep. Scales denticulate, 32- 34 j^; lateral lines f2r[3. Back olive, sides and belly silvery; two black bands along the body, the upper above the lateral line ; fins yellow. Total length 93 millim. Lake Victoria.—Types in Paris Museum. 6. HAPLOCHROMIS ANGDSTIFRONS. Bouleng. in Schubotz, Wiss. Ergebii. Deutsch. Exped. v., Zool. iii. p. 256, pi. ix.
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 292 CICHLIDiE. to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle Ij times as long as deep. Scales denticulate, 32- 34 j^; lateral lines f2r[3. Back olive, sides and belly silvery; two black bands along the body, the upper above the lateral line ; fins yellow. Total length 93 millim. Lake Victoria.—Types in Paris Museum. 6. HAPLOCHROMIS ANGDSTIFRONS. Bouleng. in Schubotz, Wiss. Ergebii. Deutsch. Exped. v., Zool. iii. p. 256, pi. ix. (1914). Depth of body 2^ to 3^ times in total length, length of head 2|- to 3 times. Snout with straight or slightly convex upper profile, as long as Fig. IJtqdochromis angustifrons. Type (Deutsch. Exped.). eye, or a little shorter in the young; eye 3 to SJ times in length of head, exceeding interorbital width and prseorbital depth ; jaws equal or lower slightly projecting; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye or a little beyond; teeth small, in 3 or 4 series, outer largest and conical or bicuspid, or partly conical and partly bicuspid, 48 to 60 in upper jaw, the others tricuspid ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 8 or 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XVI 9-10 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures f to i length of head; longest soft rays i'to § length of head. Anal III 8-9 ; third spine nearly as long as and. 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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