. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. LAMPEOLOGUS. 479 teeth small; cheek naked or with deciduous scales. Gill-rakers short, 9 or 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIX-XX 8-9 ; spines increasing slightly in length to the last, which measures nearly ^ length of head; median soft rays produced, at least | length of head. Anal A"1I-VI1I 6-7 ; last spine a little longer than longest doisal. Pectoral f to -f length of head. Ventral produced into a long filament. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. LAMPEOLOGUS. 479 teeth small; cheek naked or with deciduous scales. Gill-rakers short, 9 or 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIX-XX 8-9 ; spines increasing slightly in length to the last, which measures nearly ^ length of head; median soft rays produced, at least | length of head. Anal A"1I-VI1I 6-7 ; last spine a little longer than longest doisal. Pectoral f to -f length of head. Ventral produced into a long filament. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales 33-35 ffzi^; lateral lines 24-28 Dark brown ; fins blackish. 9-13- Total length 93 millim. Lake Tanganyika, 1-3 Types. Mbify Eocl^s. 4—5. Types. Kinyamkolo. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). Fig. Lamprologus moorii. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1898). f. 22. LAMPROLOGUS COMPRICSBICEPS. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 7, pi. i. fig. 3, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 405 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. Franco, xvi. 1904, p. 294. Depth of body 2| to 2| times in total length, length of head 2f to 2^ times. Head strongly compressed, 2| to 2| times as long as broad, with concave upp?r profile; snout a little longer than eye, which is 3 (young) to 4 times in length of head and exceeds interorbital width; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye ; prajmaxillary pro- cesses very long, extending far between the orbits; 6 large canines in front of upper jaw and 4 in front of lower, followed by a narrow. 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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