474 



CICHLID^. 



U^. LAMPROLOGUS CUNNINGTONI. 

 Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 190G, p. 557, pi. xxxvi. fig. 2. 



Depth of body 3f to 4J times in total length, length of head 3J times. 

 Head twice as long as broad, with straight or slightly convex upper 

 profile ; snout obtusely pointed, 1 J to 2 times as long as eye, which is 

 contained 4 to 5 times in length of head and 1 to 1 J times in interorbital 

 widtli ; mouth not extending quite to below anterior border of eye ; 

 C large canines in front of upper jaw, 4 in front of lower, followed by a 

 rather broad band of minute villiform teeth ; lateral teeth smull ; cheek 

 naked. Gill-rakers short, 7 or 8 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 

 XX-XXI 10-11 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which 

 measures about i to | length of head ; soft dorsal acutely pointed 

 behind, longest ray J to | length of head. Annl V 7-S ; last spine as long 



FIc:. 325. 







Ldmprohxjus canninytoni. 

 Type(P. Z. S. 1906). ^ 



as last dor>;al spine. Pectoral f to f length of head. Ventral reaching 

 vent or a little beyond. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle 1-J to l^ 

 times as long as deep. Scales 83-87 ^^•, lateral lines §^§5- Greyish 

 brown above, white beneath ; small light spots on the sides ; five or six 

 more or less distinct dark bars across the back ; vertical fins brown, with 

 rather indistinct small roundish light spots. Young with seven or eight 

 regular dark bars on the body. 



Total length 100 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



Moliro. Dr. W. A. Cnnnington (('.). 



Mbete. 



Songwe. Dr. ii. Stappers (<'.). 



Kilcwn Vkyw 



1-2. Ty,os. 

 :5-4. Yg. 

 5. Hgr. 



i\ 7. A'l. k\\-\ 



