. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. LAMPEOLOGUS. 4 it) 17. LAMPROLOGUS LEMAIRII. Boiileiig. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 189'9, p. 88, pi. xviii. fig. 1, Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 140, pi. liii. fig. 1 (1900), and Poiss. Congo, p. 402 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 292 ; Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 558. Depth of body 3 to 5^ times in total length, length of head 2f to 3 times. Head If to 2 times as long as broad; snout as long as or a little longer than eye, which is 3 to 4 t
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. LAMPEOLOGUS. 4 it) 17. LAMPROLOGUS LEMAIRII. Boiileiig. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 189'9, p. 88, pi. xviii. fig. 1, Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 140, pi. liii. fig. 1 (1900), and Poiss. Congo, p. 402 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 292 ; Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 558. Depth of body 3 to 5^ times in total length, length of head 2f to 3 times. Head If to 2 times as long as broad; snout as long as or a little longer than eye, which is 3 to 4 times in length of head and exceeds interorbital width ; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye or a little beyond ; 4 or 6 large curved canine teeth, wide apart, in front of each jaw, followed by a narrow band of minute teeth ; lateral teeth rather large, some in the lower jaw canine-like; cheek naked. Gill- rakers short, 9 or 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIX 7. Lamprologus lemairii. Type (A. M. 0.). (rarely XVIII 8); spines subequal from the fifth or increasing in length to the last, about f to ^ length of head and | to f longest soft rays. Anal VIII 5-6 ; last spine as long as or a little longer than longest dorsals. Pectoral f length of head. Ventral reaching origin of anal or beyond. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. Scales 40-48 ^; lateral lines |Ei- Light brown to dark brown above, lighter or white beneath, uniform or most of the scales with a dark edge, and with three more or less distinct oblique dark bars on the back; a dark band from the eye to the maxillary; a black opercular spot; dorsal and anal blackish on the edge, the former usually with a large black spot between the four or five first spines of the dorsal; ventrals sometimes 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 pe
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