GEPHYEOCUROMIS.— LAMPEOLOGUS. 



450 



long filament extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal, rounded. 

 Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales very indistinctly denticulate, 

 30 Yi ; lateral lines j^. Uniform pale brown. 



Total length 120 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 

 1. Ty[)e. N. end of L. Tanganyika. 



Trof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



Pig. 313. 



Oephyrochromis moorii. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1901). 



27. LAMPROLOGUS. 



Scliiltliuis, Tijdsclir. Nederl. Dierk. Ver. (2) iii. 1891, p. 85; Bouleng. Proc. Zoul. 



Soc. 1898, p. 134, and Poiss. Ba.-s. Congo, p. 396 (1101) , Pellegr. Mem. 



Soc. Zool. France, xvi. li^Ol, }). 288. 

 LejiidiolantproUv/us, Pellegr. t. c. p. 295. 



Body short or more or less elongate ; scales strongly denticulate, very 

 small on nape and anterior part of back ; two incomplete lateral lines, 

 or the lower absent. Teeth conical, forming a villiform band with more 

 or less strongly enlarged canines in front of each jaw. End of maxillary 

 exposed. Dorsal with 16 to 21 spines, anal with 4 to 10. Occipital 

 and parietal crests strong, the former extending to between the orbits; 

 prsemaxillary process extending to between the orbits. Vertebrtc 

 31-35*. 



Congo and Lake Tanganyika. 



* 31 (15 + If)) in X. com/olensin. 

 32 (14 + 18) in L. leinairii. 

 3-3 (17+18) in L. modest us. 

 35(16 + 19) in L.farcifcr. 



