. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. LAMPEOLOGUS. 481 XVIIT-XIX 8 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures 4 to I length of head; longest soft rays f to | length of head. Anal VII-VIII 7-8 ; last spine as long as longest dorsal. Pectoral f to f length of head. Ventral produced into a filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle deeper than long. Scales 35-38 ^^ ; lateral lines ^-^. Brownish ; caudal peduncle and base of caudal with darker vertical bars; a black oper
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. LAMPEOLOGUS. 481 XVIIT-XIX 8 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures 4 to I length of head; longest soft rays f to | length of head. Anal VII-VIII 7-8 ; last spine as long as longest dorsal. Pectoral f to f length of head. Ventral produced into a filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle deeper than long. Scales 35-38 ^^ ; lateral lines ^-^. Brownish ; caudal peduncle and base of caudal with darker vertical bars; a black opercular spot; dorsal and anal edged with blackish. Total length 60 millim. Lake Tanganyika.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1-2. Two o£ the types. Tulo. Dr. L. Stappers ((!.). 21. LAMPROLOGUS CALLIURUS. Boiileng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 560, pi. xxxv. fig. 5. Depth of body 2f to 3 times in total length, length of head 3 times. Head twice as long as broad; snout a little shorter than eye, which is Fig. Lamjprologus calUurus. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1906). 3 times in length of head and a little greater than interorbital width ; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye ; 6 or 8 canines in front of each jaw, outer strong, curved, followed by a narrow band of minute teeth; lateral teeth small ; cheek naked. Gill-rakers long and slender, 14 to 16 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVII-XVIII 7; spines subequal from the eighth or ninth, about J length of head; soft rays a little longer. Anal VIII 6-8 ; last spine nearly as long as longest dorsals. Pectoral § length of head. Ventral extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle a little deeper than long. Scales 35-36 j^j-g; lateral lines g^j^. Yellow, brownish on the back, with rather indistinct darker bars across the back and across the caudal VOL. III. 2 I. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and
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