. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 480 band of minute teeth; lateral teeth rather small; cheek naked. Gill- rakers moderately long, 15 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XX-XXI 6 ; spines increasing in length to the sixth, which measures i length of head, the last a little shorter. Anal X 5 ; last spine as long as last dorsal. Pectoral ^ to -f length of head. Ventral produced into a filament. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or a little deeper than lo


. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 480 band of minute teeth; lateral teeth rather small; cheek naked. Gill- rakers moderately long, 15 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XX-XXI 6 ; spines increasing in length to the sixth, which measures i length of head, the last a little shorter. Anal X 5 ; last spine as long as last dorsal. Pectoral ^ to -f length of head. Ventral produced into a filament. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or a little deeper than long. Scales 32-33 ^ ; lateral lines ip^). Brown, uniform or with traces of five darker vertical bars, which are more distinct in the young; pectoral bright yellow, other fins brown, blackish towards the edge. Total length 83 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1-2. Types. 3. Yg. Kinyamkolo. Niamkolo. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). Dr. W. A. Cunningtou (U.). Pig. Lamproloyus compressicejis. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1898). %. 23. LAMPROLOGUS T^NIURUS. Bouleng. Rev. Zool. Afr. iii. 1914, p. 444. Depth of body 2§ to 2f times in total length, length of head 3 times. Head twice as long as broad; snout as long as or a little shorter than eye, which is 2f to 3 times in length of head and equals interorbital width; mouth extending to below anterior border or anterior fourth of eye ; i or 6 canines, outer largest, in front of each jaw, followed by a narrow band of minute teeth ; lateral teeth small; cheek naked. Gill- rakers long and slender, 23 to 25 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal. 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 : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at th


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