. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 48G ClCHLIDiE. 3J times. Head 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 iuterorbital 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 XVIII-XXI 6-8 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures ^ to ^ length of head ; longest soft rays §
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 48G ClCHLIDiE. 3J times. Head 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 iuterorbital 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 XVIII-XXI 6-8 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures ^ to ^ length of head ; longest soft rays § to f lengtli of head. Anal Vl-YII 6-7 ; last spine as long as or a little longer than last dorsal. Pectoral about f length of head, ^'antral 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 yKj<^; lateral lines o:^-. Brown or olive, with or without irregular Fig. TelmatocJiromis temporalv. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1898). | ^s(ig0^ dark blotches, 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 behind, at the base of the pectoral; vertical fins with round dark spots, caudal and anal sometimes spotted with yellow and white. Total length So millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1-2. Types. '5- Type. Mbity Rocks, â i- ^^- Kibwesi. 5. Skel. â¢^-7. Hot. Msbale. ^'- Yg. Xiamkolo Id. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). Dr. AV. A. Cunnington (C).. 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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