GBPHYEOCHEOMIS.— LAMPKOLOGUS. 



459 



long filament extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal rounded. 

 Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales very indistinctly denticulate, 

 30 Yi ; lateral lines ]^. Uniform pale brown. 



Total length 120 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 

 1- Type. N. end of L. Tanganyika. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



Fig. 313. 



G ejphyrochromis moorii. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1901). 



27. LAMPROLOGUS. 



Scliilthuis, Tijdsclir. NeJerl. Diork. Ver. (2) iii. 1891, p. 85; Boiileng. Proc. Zool. 



Soc. 1898, p. 134, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 396 (ICOl) ; Pellegr. Mem. 



Soc. Zool. France, xvi. lir-OJL, p. 288. 

 Lejiidiolaniprolofjus, Pellegr, t. c. p. 295. 



Body short or more or less elongate ; scales strongly denticulate, very 

 small on nape and anterior part of back ; two incomplete lateral lines, 

 or the lower absent. Teeth conical, forming a villiform band with more 

 or less strongly enlarged canines in front of each jaw. End of maxillary 

 exposed. Dorsal with 16 to 21 spines, anal with 4 to 10. Occipital 

 and parietal crests strong, the former extending to between the orbits; 

 prsemaxillary process extending to between the orbits. Vertebrse 

 31-35 *, 



Congo and Lake Tanganyika. 



* 31 (15 + 16) iu L. congolensis. 

 32 (14 + 18) in L. lemairii. 

 35 (17+18) in L. modeslus. 

 35 (16+ 19) in L. farcifei: 



