. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 48G CICHLID^. 3J times. Iload twice as long as deep; the profile descending in a curve ; snout about 1| times as long as eye, which is 4 to 4^ times in length of head and equal to or a little less than interorbital width ; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye; 8 to 12 large conical teeth in each jaw; cheek naked. Gill-rakers very short and few. Dorsal XVllI-XXI 6-S ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures ^ to J length of head ; longest soft rays § t
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 48G CICHLID^. 3J times. Iload twice as long as deep; the profile descending in a curve ; snout about 1| times as long as eye, which is 4 to 4^ times in length of head and equal to or a little less than interorbital width ; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye; 8 to 12 large conical teeth in each jaw; cheek naked. Gill-rakers very short and few. Dorsal XVllI-XXI 6-S ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures ^ to J length of head ; longest soft rays § to | length of head. Anal Vl-VII 6-7 ; last spine as long as or a little longer than last dorsal. Pectoral about f length of head. "\'entral produced into a filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or a little deeper than long. Scales 40-47 prjV^; lateral lines g_jy . Brown or olive, with or without irregular FiV. Telinatochromis temj^oralif. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1898). %. dark blotclics, the young sometimes with dark cross-bars ; a dark or orange band from the eye to the gill-cover ; a vertical black bar, which may be edged with whitish beliind, at the base of the pectoral; vertical fins with round dark spots, caudal and anal sometimes spotted with yellow and white. Total length 85 millim. Ijake Tanganyika. 1-2. Types. Kinyanikolo. I?. Type. Mbiry KcK-ks. â 1. A.). '). Skel. G-7. Hur. N. Yu-. Kibwcsi. Msliale. NiaiiilYdlo T(l. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). l>r. W. A. Ciinniiigton ((".).. 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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