. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 496 CICHLID^. spine a little longer than dorsals. Pectoral J length of head. Ventral reaching vent. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle deeper than long. Scales feebly denticulate, 32-35 YrT2 ' lateral lines -^^. l^rownish grey or blackish brown, with scattered dots of a brilliant blue. Total length 75 millim. Lake Tantranvika. 1-2. Types. Mbity Rocks. .3-5. Types. Kinyamkolo. 6. Skel. „ 7-8. Yg. Niainkolo Bay. i). Ad. Sumba. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). Dr. W. A. Cunnington ((!.). Fif
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 496 CICHLID^. spine a little longer than dorsals. Pectoral J length of head. Ventral reaching vent. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle deeper than long. Scales feebly denticulate, 32-35 YrT2 ' lateral lines -^^. l^rownish grey or blackish brown, with scattered dots of a brilliant blue. Total length 75 millim. Lake Tantranvika. 1-2. Types. Mbity Rocks. .3-5. Types. Kinyamkolo. 6. Skel. „ 7-8. Yg. Niainkolo Bay. i). Ad. Sumba. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). Dr. W. A. Cunnington ((!.). Fiff. Eretmodus ctjunostictas. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1898). |. 35. SPATHODUS. Doiileno-. Ann. Miis. ( oii<vo, Zool. i. p. 152 (11H)0), and Pui-s. Bass. Congo, p. 184 (11H)1) ; Pellogr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1001, p. 'M\l. Pody moderately elongate; scales ctenoid ; two incomplete lateral lines. A single series of large teeth with elongate cylindrical shaft and expanded rounded-subtruncate crown; maxillary concealed when the mouth is closed. Dorsal with 23 spines, anal with 3 Lake Tanganyika. 1. SPATHOI)i:S EHYTHHODON. Bouleng. 11. cc, Ann. \A. Hi. Hg. 2 ; Pellegr. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3 times in total length. Head twice as long as broad ; snout as long as broad, convex, H times as long as eye, \^hich is 4 tim(^8 in length of head and equals inter- orbital width ; mouth with much developed lips, extending to below. 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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