TROPHEUS. 



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3^ times. Head massive, rounded, not twice as long as bvoad; snout 

 bioader than long, with convex upper profile ; eye 3^ to 4 times in 

 length of head, 1 J to Ij times in interorbital width ; mouth with thick 

 upper lip, extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth in 8 to 10 

 transverse series ; 4 series of scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers short, 

 11 or 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XX-XXI 5-6 ; 

 spines increasing in length to the sixth, which is not quite ^ length 

 of head ; longest soft rays f to f length of head. Anal V-VI 5-6 ; 

 last spine a little longer than longest dorsal. Pectoral as long as head. 



Fig. 188. 



Trojilieu^ moorii. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. Ift98). |-. 



Ventral produced into a short filament, extending beyond origin of 

 anal. Caudal feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 

 Scales feebly denticulate, 30-32 ^ ; lateral lines f=Ef|- Dark brown, 

 Avith a large bluish-white blotch on each side of the body, the belly 

 reddish brown, or dark reddish brown with darker edges to the dorsal 

 scales; fins blackish, or dull red, the dorsal tipped with black. 



Total length 115 millira. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1-3. Types. Kinj-ainkolo. Prof. J. E. S. Moore [(].). 



4. Skei. 



5_ ^j_ Sumbu. Dr. W. A. Cuiiniiioton (0.). 



