. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 416 Ventral produced into a filament, extending to vent or beyond. Caudal feebly emarginate in the adult, truncate in the young. Caudal peduncle 1^ to IJ times as long as broad. Scales finely ctenoid, 33-3^ 3-4 y-io lateral lines 20-25 13-1«- Olive-brown, Avith or without oblique cross-bars of mother- of-pearl or silvery white, sometimes with ill-defined dark bars across the the back; a very distinct, blue-black opercular spot; dorsal and anal grey or blackish, oft
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 416 Ventral produced into a filament, extending to vent or beyond. Caudal feebly emarginate in the adult, truncate in the young. Caudal peduncle 1^ to IJ times as long as broad. Scales finely ctenoid, 33-3^ 3-4 y-io lateral lines 20-25 13-1«- Olive-brown, Avith or without oblique cross-bars of mother- of-pearl or silvery white, sometimes with ill-defined dark bars across the the back; a very distinct, blue-black opercular spot; dorsal and anal grey or blackish, often striated or spotted with white, the former edged with yellow and black ; pectorals yellowish, ventrals white; caudal with white spots and yelloAv bars, and edged with black or blackish. Total length 130 millim. Lake Tanganyika. Msambu. 1-8. Types. 9. iSkel. 10. Type. 11-12. Ad. 13-15. Yg. N. end of L. Tanganyika. Kiizzaga Mshale. Kazzaga Market, Prof. J. (C). Dr. W. A. Ounnington (0.). Pig. Felmatochromis spekii. Type(). |. 30. FELMATOCHROMIS SPEKII. Bonleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 440, Fish. Nile, p. 486, pi. Ixxxviii. fig. 2 (1907), and Ann. Mus. Genova, (3) v. 1911, p. 69. Depth of body 2| to 3i times in total length, length of head 2§ to 2f times. Head large, 2-^ to 2^ times as long as broad, with straight or slightly concave upper profile; snout a little longer than broad, 1 (young). 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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