. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 482 :. fill; a sharply defined black opercular spot, edged with silvery in front. Total length 50 millim. Tanganyika. 1-2. Tv})os. Teiubwi. Dr. AV. A. Cnnnington (C-). 2i). LAMl^ROLOGUS ItETICULATUiS. I)()uleii^-. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 190G, p. 5G0, pi. xxxv. fig. 4. Depth of body 4 times in total length, length of head o\ times. Head twice as long as broad ; snout as long as eye, which is 3j times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; month extending t
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 482 :. fill; a sharply defined black opercular spot, edged with silvery in front. Total length 50 millim. Tanganyika. 1-2. Tv})os. Teiubwi. Dr. AV. A. Cnnnington (C-). 2i). LAMl^ROLOGUS ItETICULATUiS. I)()uleii^-. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 190G, p. 5G0, pi. xxxv. fig. 4. Depth of body 4 times in total length, length of head o\ times. Head twice as long as broad ; snout as long as eye, which is 3j times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; month extending to below anterior fourth of eye ; 10 small canines in front of each jaw, followed by a narrow band of minute teeth ; lateral teeth very small; a few scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers short, 14 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIX 10; spines increasing in length to the last, which Fig. Lantproloijas retitulatus. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1906). |. measures \ length of head and is but slightly shorter than longest soft rays. Anal VIII 8; last spine as long as last dorsal. Pectoral | length of head. Ventral reaching anal. Caudal truncate, slightly emarginate. Caudal peduncle \\ times as long as deep. Scales 39 ^; lateral lines j^. Brown, the scales edged with darker, the dark lines forming a reticulate pattern; dorsal and anal fins dark brown, with oblique rows of round whitish spots ; caudal brown, with numerous, rather indistinct, light spots at the base, and an oblique whitish streak in the upper corner. Total length 62 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1. lyi'e. Vua. Dr. W. A. Cannington (C).. 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, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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