. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. LAMPEOLOaUS. 467 snout as long as or a little longer than eye, which is 3J times in length of head and equals iuterovbital width; mouth extending to between nostril and eye ; canine teeth small; head naked; pits of sensory canals very large. Gill-rakers very short, 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI-XVII 10-11; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures nearly ^ length of head and a little less than longest soft rays. Anal V 6. Pectoral § length of head
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. LAMPEOLOaUS. 467 snout as long as or a little longer than eye, which is 3J times in length of head and equals iuterovbital width; mouth extending to between nostril and eye ; canine teeth small; head naked; pits of sensory canals very large. Gill-rakers very short, 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI-XVII 10-11; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures nearly ^ length of head and a little less than longest soft rays. Anal V 6. Pectoral § length of head. Ventral reaching anal or a little beyond. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle scarcely longer than deep. Scales 37-42 jy^Yg, very small on nape and belly ; lateral lines jq^jj;. Olive, with five dark cross-bars on the back, the first on the nape and descending to the gill-cover, the three Fig. Lamprologus trelocephalus. Type (A. M. C). following produced on the base of the dorsal fin, the last on the caudal peduncle. Total length 140 millim. Lake Tanganyika.—Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1, Jlo-r. Kigoma. Ur. W. A. Cunnington (C). 8. LAMPROLOGUS HECQUI. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 115, pi. xliv. fig. 1 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 403 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 293 ; Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. Depth of body 3^ to 3f times in total length, length of head 3 times. Head iw ice as long as broad. Suout not longer than diameter of eye, 2n2. 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 [by Taylor and Francis]
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