462 CICHLID.E 



II. Caudal deeply notched. 

 D. XIX-XXI 7-9; A. VI-VII 5-6; 

 Sc. r>0-60 j-g^; 14-lG gill-rakers on 



lower part o£ anterior arch 26. L. furclfci', B^rv., ^t. AS3. 



Jididochromis ocellafus, Steind. Anz. Ak. Wien, 1909, p. 402, from 

 L. Tanganyika, probably belongs to this genns, but I am unable to 

 suggest its proper place in the system without an examination of the 

 type-specimen, preserved in the Vienna Museum. 



1. LAMPllOLOGUS BREVIANALIS. 

 Bonleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 555, pi. xxxvi. fig. 1. 



Depth of body 3§ times in total length, length of head 3 times. 

 Head 2J times as long as broad, with nearly straight upper profile ; 

 snout pointed, a little longer than eye, which is 3 J times in length of 



FiV. 314. 



Lamprologus brevianalis. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1906). f. 



head and equals interorbital width ; mouth extending to below anterior 

 border of eye; 8 rather large canine teeth in front of upper jaw and 

 4 in lower, followed by a moderately broad band of minute teeth ; 

 lateral teeth small ; cheek naked ; pits of sensory canals very large. 

 Gill-rakers short, 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVllI- 

 XIX 11 ; spines subequal from the eighth, f length of head ; longest 

 soft rays f length of head. Anal IV 7 ; fourth spine as long as longest 

 dorsals. Pectoral | length of head. Ventral reaching origin of anal. 

 Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle slightly longer than deep. Scales 

 40-43 'jV; lateral lines yj"^. Brown, somewhat lighter beneath, with 

 darker and lighter longitudinal streaks on the sides and five broad dark 

 transverse bands; vertical fins with numerous round whitish spots. 



Total length 83 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1. Type. Niainkolo, Dr. W . A. Cuniiiiiglon (C). 



2. Y«. KoMiha 15,1 v. 



