GEPHYROCHROMIS.— LAMPROLOGUS. 



459 



long filament extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal rounded. 

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

 30 jj ; lateral lines jg. Uniform pale brown. 



Total length 120 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 

 1. Type. 1ST. end o£ L. Tanganyika. 



Pru£. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



Fig. 313. 



Oephyrochromis moorii. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1901). 



27. LAMPROLOGUS. 



ScLiltlmis, Tijdschr. Nederl. Dierk. Ver. (2) iii. 1891, p. 85; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. 



Soc. 1898, p. 134, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 396 (1101) ; Pellegr. Mem. 



Soc. Zool. France, xvi. li<04, p. 288. 

 Leji'uliotanifrolor/us, 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; 

 proemaxillary process extending to between the orbits. Vertebrae 

 31-35 *. 



Congo and Lake Tanganyika. 



* 31 (15 + 16) in L. conc/olensis. 

 32 (14 + 18) in L. lemairii. 

 35 (17 + 18) in L. modeslus. 

 35 (16 + 19) in L. farcifer. 



