462 CICHLID^E. 



II. Caudal deeply notched. 

 D. XIX -XXI 7-9; A. VI -VII 5-6; 

 Sc. 50-60 jJIg; 14-16 gill-rakers on 



lower part of anterior arch 26. L.furcifer, Bgr., p. 483. 



Julidochromis ocellqtus, Steind. Anz. Ak. Wien, 1909, p. 402, from 

 L. Tanganyika, probably belongs to this genus, but I am unable to 

 suggest its proper place in the system without an examination of the 

 type-specimen, preserved in the Vienna Museum. 



1. LAMPROLOGUS BItEVIANALIS. 

 Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 555, pi. xxxvi. fig. 1. 



Depth of body 3§ times in total length, length of head 3 times. 

 Head 2-g- times as long as broad, with nearly straight upper profile ; 

 snout pointed, a little longer than eye, which is 3 J times in length of 



Fig. 314. 



Laniprologus brevianalis. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1906). f. 



head and equals interorbital width ; mouth extending to below anterior 

 border of eye ; 8 rather large canine teeth in front of upper jaw and 

 4 in lower, followed by a moderately broad band of minute teeth ; 

 lateral teeth small ; cheek naked ; pits of sensory canals very large. 

 Gill-rakers short, 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVIII- 

 XIX. 11 ; spines subequal from the eighth, J- length of head ; longest 

 soft rays f- length of head. Anal IV 7 ; fourth spine as long as longest 

 dorsals. Pectoral f- length of head. Ventral reaching origin of anal. 

 Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle slightly longer than deep. Scales 

 40-43 w; lateral lines -gij^. Brown, somewhat lighter beneath, with 

 darker and lighter longitudinal streaks on the sides and five broad dark 

 transverse bands ; vertical fins with numerous round whitish spots. 



Total length 83 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1. Type. Niamkolo. Dr. W. A. Cunnington ((?.)• 



2. Yg. Komba Bay. .. 



