. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. <8 CICHLID^.. 2. TROPHEUS ANNECTENS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 148,.pi. lii. fig. 2 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 450 (1901) ; Pellegr. M6m. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 306. Depth of body 2| to 2f times in total length, length of head 3J to 3^ times. Head massive, rounded, not twice as long as broad; snout broader than long, with convex upper profile; eye 3J times in length of head, 1| times in interorbital width; mouth with thick upper lip, extending to
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. <8 CICHLID^.. 2. TROPHEUS ANNECTENS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 148,.pi. lii. fig. 2 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 450 (1901) ; Pellegr. M6m. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 306. Depth of body 2| to 2f times in total length, length of head 3J to 3^ times. Head massive, rounded, not twice as long as broad; snout broader than long, with convex upper profile; eye 3J times in length of head, 1| times in interorbital width; mouth with thick upper lip, extending to below anterior border of eye; 8 series of teeth in each jaw ; 5 series of scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers short, 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XX 5-6 ; spines equal from the sixth or seventh, a little less than | length of head; soft rays a little longer. Anal IV 6-7; last spine as long as and stronger than longest dorsal. Pectoral a little shorter than hend. Ventral produced into Fie. Tropheus annectens. Type (A. M. C). a filament, extending a little beyond origin of anal. Caudal slightly eraarginate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 28-30 jj; lateral lines y. Uniform brownish. Total length 80 millim. Lake Tanganyika.—Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. One of the types. Albertvill(\ Capt. Hecq (C). This species may have to be united with the preceding. 6. ASPROTILAPIA. Boulong. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. 1901, p. 5, Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 482 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. hV.) ; IVllogr. Mnu. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. I',"):}. Piody elongate, rather feebly compressed, much attenuate iu the. 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, Her
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