LAMPROLOGUS. 



479 



teeth small ; cheek naked or witli deciduous scales. Gill-rakers short, 

 9 or 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIX-XX 8-9 ; spines 

 increasing slightly in length to the last, which measures nearly ^ length 

 of head; median soft rays produced, at least | length of head. Anal 

 VII-VIII G-7 ; last spine a little longer than longest doisal. Pectoral 

 J to 4 length of head. Ventral produced into a long filament. Caudal 

 rounded. C'audal peduncle as long as deep. Scales 33-35 fprn^; lateral 

 Dark brown ; fins blackish. 



T 24-28 



Imes -z. 



y-13 



Total length 93 millim. 

 Lake Tanganyika. 



1-3 Types. 

 4-5. Ty[ies. 



Mbity Rocks. 

 Kinyanikolo. 



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



Fig. 330. 



Lamprolo(jas moorii. 

 Tj-pe (Tr. Z. S. 1898). -^. 



22. LAMPROLOGUS COMPRESSICEPS. 



Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1808, p. 7, ]>1. i. fig. 3, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 405 

 (1901) ; Pellegr. iMeni. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1*.)()-1, p. 21tl. 



Depth of body 2J to 2| times in total length, length of head 2f to 

 2f times. Head strongly compressed, 2| to 2| times as long as broad, 

 with concave ui)p?r profile ; snout a little longer than eye, which is 

 3 (young) to 4 times in length of head and exceeds interorbital width ; 

 mouth extending to below anterior border of eye ; prtcmaxillary pro- 

 cesses very lonj?, extending far between the orbits; G large canines 

 in front of u{)per jaw and 4 in front of loA\er, followed by a narrow 



