LAMPKOLOGUy. 



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long as deep. Scales 42-53 ^^rfo '> Ifvteral lines -gry^. Brownish or 

 olive, with 5 or 6 more or less distinct darker cross-bands ; a dark brown 

 streak on the temple and a blackish opercular spot ; vertical fins brown, 

 spotted vvitli white, or caudal with round dark brown spots forming 

 irregular bars. 



Total length 100 millim. 



Cupt. Wilverth (C). 

 M. A. Greshoff- (C.) ; 



Utrecbt University (E.). 

 Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 



Dr. C. Christy (C). 



5. LAMPROLOGUS TUMBANUS. 

 Bouleng. Ami. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. IIG, pi. xliv. fig. 3 (1899), jiiid Poiss. 

 Bass. Congo, p. 401 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. Fnuice, xvi. 1904, 

 p. 290. 



])epth of body 3J to 3f times in total length, length of head 3 to o^ 

 times. Head 2^ times as long as broad ; snout as long as eye, which is 



Lamproloyus taiahannts. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



oj to 3 j times in length of head and equals or a little exceeds inter- 

 orbital width; mouth extending to below anterior border of e)e; 

 8 canines in front of each jaw, followed by a band of minute teeth ; 

 lateral teeth small ; cheek naked. Gill-rakers short, 8 or 9 on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVII-XVllI 8-1) ; spines increasing in 

 length to the last, which measures f length of head and ^ longest soft 

 rays. Anal \-\l 5-G. Pectoral f length of head. Ventral reaching 

 vent, or not quite so far. Caudal rounded, subacuminate. Caudal 

 peduncle as long as deep. Scales 30-36 ^^-^ lateral lines J^^v 



