. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 4G6 rurplish brown, the scales edged with blackish ; traces of 5 darker cross-bars on the back ; a blackish opercular spot; fins dark grey or blackish. Total length 72 mi-llim. Upper Congo.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervuercn. 1. One of tbe types. Bikoro, L. Tmnba. M. P. Delhez ( 2. Hot. Stanley Falls, Dr. C. Christy ( t;. LAMPROLOGUS MOCQUARDII. Pellegr. Bull. Mas. Paris, 190:5, p. 221, and Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 291, fig. Depth of body 4^ to 4 J
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 4G6 rurplish brown, the scales edged with blackish ; traces of 5 darker cross-bars on the back ; a blackish opercular spot; fins dark grey or blackish. Total length 72 mi-llim. Upper Congo.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervuercn. 1. One of tbe types. Bikoro, L. Tmnba. M. P. Delhez ( 2. Hot. Stanley Falls, Dr. C. Christy ( t;. LAMPROLOGUS MOCQUARDII. Pellegr. Bull. Mas. Paris, 190:5, p. 221, and Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 291, fig. Depth of body 4^ to 4 J times in total length, length of head 3^ times. Upper profile of head straight; snout as long as eye, 3^ times in length of head ; mouth extcniding to below anterior border of eye ; head naked. Fiir. Type, after Pellegriu (Mem. Soc. Zool. Prance, 19u4). Gill-rakers short, 5 on lower part of anterior arcli. Dorsal XIX 8 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures f length of head. Anal V-VI 0-7. Pectoral | length of head. Ventral not reaching vent. C'audal rounded, subacuminate. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. Scales 33-34 ^-^, very small on nape and belly ; lateral lines VJu". Yellowish, witli traces of live dark cross-bars; fins uniform greyish. Total length 63 millim. Upper Ubanghi.—Types in Paris Museum. 7. LAMPUOLOGUS TUETOCEPHALUS. Boulcng. Ann, i\Ins. Congo, Zool, i. p, 117, pi, xlv. fig. 4 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. ('ongo, p. (1901); Pellegr. Mein. Soc. Zool. Franco, xvi. 1904, p. 289 ; Bouleng, Tr, Zool Soc. xvii. 190»), p. T)')?. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3 times in total length. Head twice as long as broad, with slightly concave upper profile ;. 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 Zool
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