. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). LAKE GEORGE HAPLOCHROMIS SPECIES : 85-103 : 104-111 shore Kankurunga Island 155 Haplochromis nigripinnis Regan, 1921 (Text-figs. 6 & 7) Haplochromis nigripinnis Regan, 1921, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist, (g) 8 : 635. Haplochromis nigripinnis : Trewavas, 1933, /. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 38 : 330 (refers to Lake Edward fishes only). Haplochromis guiarti (part) : Trewavas, 1933, op. cit. : 340 (i of the 3 small fishes from Worth- ington's (1932) stations 613 and 618, Lake George, viz. BMXH reg. no. : 476. HoLOTYPE. A male
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). LAKE GEORGE HAPLOCHROMIS SPECIES : 85-103 : 104-111 shore Kankurunga Island 155 Haplochromis nigripinnis Regan, 1921 (Text-figs. 6 & 7) Haplochromis nigripinnis Regan, 1921, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist, (g) 8 : 635. Haplochromis nigripinnis : Trewavas, 1933, /. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 38 : 330 (refers to Lake Edward fishes only). Haplochromis guiarti (part) : Trewavas, 1933, op. cit. : 340 (i of the 3 small fishes from Worth- ington's (1932) stations 613 and 618, Lake George, viz. BMXH reg. no. : 476. HoLOTYPE. A male (probably adult), 64-0 mm standard length from Lake Edward, BMNH reg. no. : 14. Description. Based on 36 specimens (excluding the holotype), 50-o-68-omm standard length. Depth of body 32-3-4I-5 (M = 36-8) per cent of standard length, length of head 3i"5~35'3 (^I = 33'6) P^r cent. Dorsal head profile straight or gently curved, sloping at ca 35°-40° to the horizontal; dorsal margin of orbit barely entering the line of the head profile. Preorbital depth io-o-i4-6 (M = 13-0) per cent of head, least interorbital width 20-7-27-5 (M = 24-2) per cent, ratio of interorbital width to eye diameter i-28-i'75 (M = I-49)- Snout length 24-0-30-3 (M = 27-4) per cent of head, 0-8-0-9 (rarely i-o) its breadth ; eye diameter 33-3-40-0 (M = 35-8) per cent, with no detectable allometry ; depth 5f cheek 16-3-22-9 (M = 19-8) per - â /I Fig. 6. Haplochromis nigripinnis. Lake George specimen ; a male. i-3-iv Caudal peduncle i5-8-i9-8 (M = 17-4) per cent of standard length, (modal range I-5-I-7) times as long as deep. Mouth horizontal, lips not noticeably thickened. Length of upper jaw 30-6-36-9 (M = 34-0) per cent of head, length of lower jaw 39-0-47-5 (M = 43-6) per 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 th
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