482 ciciiLm.i:. 



fill ; a sharply defined black opercular spot, edged with silvery in 

 front. 



Total length 50 millim. 



J.ake Tanganyika. 



1-2. Tv})os. Teiubwi. Dr. AV. A. Cnnnington (C-). 



2i). LAMl^ROLOGUS ItETICULATUiS. 



I)()uleii^-. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 190G, p. 5G0, pi. xxxv. fig. 4. 



Depth of body 4 times in total length, length of head o\ times. Head 

 twice as long as broad ; snout as long as eye, which is 3j times in length 

 of head and equals interorbital width ; month extending to below 

 anterior fourth of eye ; 10 small canines in front of each jaw, followed 

 by a narrow band of minute teeth ; lateral teeth very small ; a few 

 scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers short, 14 on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Dorsal XIX 10 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which 



Fig. 333. 



Lantproloijas retitulatus. 

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



measures \ length of head and is but slightly shorter than longest soft 

 rays. Anal VIII 8; last spine as long as last dorsal. Pectoral | length 

 of head. Ventral reaching anal. Caudal truncate, slightly emarginate. 

 Caudal peduncle \\ times as long as deep. Scales 39 ^; lateral lines 

 j^. Brown, the scales edged with darker, the dark lines forming a 

 reticulate pattern ; dorsal and anal fins dark brown, with oblique rows 

 of round whitish spots ; caudal brown, with numerous, rather indistinct, 

 light spots at the base, and an oblique whitish streak in the upper 

 corner. 



Total length 62 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1. lyi'e. Vua. Dr. W. A. Cannington (C). 



