482 CICIILID.E. 



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

 front. 



Total length 50 millim. 



T^ake Tanganyika. 



1-2. Types. Tcmbwi. Dr. "W. A. Cunnington (C). 



25. LAMPROLOGUS KETICULATUS. 



Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 5G0, pi. xxxv. fig. 4. 



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

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

 of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth extending to below 

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

 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 



Lamjpruloyus retkulcilus. 

 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 1^ times as long as deep. Scales 39 i ; lateral lines 

 -{. 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, ratlier indistinct, 

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

 corner. 



Total length 62 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



^- ^'^'^"- ^^"''- Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 



