. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 292 CICHLIDJi:. to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle }j times as long as deep. Scales denticulate, 32- 34 ^; lateral lines 1^1x5. 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 ANGUSTIFRONS. Bouleng. in Schubotz, Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Exped. v., Zool. iii. }). 256, pi. ix. (1
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 292 CICHLIDJi:. to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle }j times as long as deep. Scales denticulate, 32- 34 ^; lateral lines 1^1x5. 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 ANGUSTIFRONS. Bouleng. in Schubotz, Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Exped. v., Zool. iii. }). 256, pi. ix. (19U). Depth of body 2^ to 3J times in total length, length of head 2J to 3 times. Snout with straight or slightly convex upper profile, as long as "Fiji. IJaj^docJirolitis anyustifrons. Type (Deutsch. Exped.). eye, or a little shorter in the young; eye 3 to 3 J times in length of head, exceeding interorbital width and prseorbital depth ; jaws equal or lower slio-htly 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 J length of head; longest soft rays ^ to I length of head. Anal HI 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, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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