TR0PHET7S. 277 



3| times. Head massive, rounded, not twice as long as broad ; snout 

 broader than long, with convex upper profile ; eye 3-£ to 4 times in 

 length of head, 1^ to 1^ 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-G ; 

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

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

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



Fig. 188. 



Trophewt moorii. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1898). «. 



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 j^|. Dark brown, 

 with 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 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



Kinyamkolo. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (0.). 



1-3. Types 



4. Skel. 



5. Ad. 



Sumbu. 



Dr. \Y. A. Cminington (C). 



