. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. TR0PHET7S. 277 3| times. Head massive, rounded, not twice as long as broad; snout broader than long, with convex upper profile; eye 3-£ to 4 times in length of head, 1^ to 1^ times in interorbital width ; mouth with thick upper lip, extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth in 8 to 10 transverse series; 4 series of scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers short, 11 or 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XX-XXI 5-G ; spines increasing in le
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. TR0PHET7S. 277 3| times. Head massive, rounded, not twice as long as broad; snout broader than long, with convex upper profile; eye 3-£ to 4 times in length of head, 1^ to 1^ times in interorbital width ; mouth with thick upper lip, extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth in 8 to 10 transverse series; 4 series of scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers short, 11 or 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XX-XXI 5-G ; spines increasing in length to the sixth, which is not quite i length of head ; longest soft rays | to | length of head. Anal Vr-VI 5-6 ; last spine a little longer than longest dorsal. Pectoral as long as head. Fig. Trophewt moorii. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1898). «. Ventral produced into a short filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 30-32 ^ ; lateral lines j^|. Dark brown, with a large bluish-white blotch on each side of the body, the belly reddish brown, or dark reddish brown with darker edges to the dorsal scales; fins blackish, or dull red, the dorsal tipped with black. Total length 115 millim. Lake Tanganyika. Kinyamkolo. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (0.). 1-3. Types 4. Skel. 5. Ad. Sumbu. Dr. \Y. A. Cminington (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 : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Museum (Natural History)
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