. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 470 CICHLID.^. about f length of head. Ventral produced into a filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales 36-40 ,^,; lateral lines ^^ Uniform brown, or F\^. Lamprologus modestus. Type(Ti-. Z. S. IJ yellowish A^ith 7 brown bars across the back; soft dorsal and caudal with round blackish spots. Total length 85 millim. Tanganyika. 1. Type. Mbity Eocks. ProE. J. E. S. Moore (C). 2. Typo. Kinyamkolo. „ 3. Hgr. Ko


. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 470 CICHLID.^. about f length of head. Ventral produced into a filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales 36-40 ,^,; lateral lines ^^ Uniform brown, or F\^. Lamprologus modestus. Type(Ti-. Z. S. IJ yellowish A^ith 7 brown bars across the back; soft dorsal and caudal with round blackish spots. Total length 85 millim. Tanganyika. 1. Type. Mbity Eocks. ProE. J. E. S. Moore (C). 2. Typo. Kinyamkolo. „ 3. Hgr. Komba Bay. Dr. W. A. Unnningtou (C). 4. Skel. Albertville. (.'apt. Hecq (C). 11. [.AMPROLOGUS MONDABU. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. !Soc. xvii. 1906, p. , pi. xxxvi. fig. ?>. Depth of body 3| times in total length, length of head 3 times. Head 2\ to 2^ times as long as broad, with slightly concave upper profile ; snout pointed, 1| to 2 times as long as eye, which is 4-| to 5 times in length of head and equal to or slightly less than interorbital width ; mouth extending to between nostril and eye; 6 large canines in front of each jaw, followed by a rather broad band of minute villiform teeth; lateral teeth small; cheek naked. Gill-rakers very short, 7 or 8 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIX 9; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures f length of head ; soft dorsal acutely pointed behind, longest ray measuring f length of head. Anal V 7, last spine \ length of head. Pectoral § length of head. Ventral reaching origin of anal. Caudal slightly emarginate. Caudal peduncle. 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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