470 CICHLID.E. 



about f length of head. Ventral produced into a filament, extending 

 beyond origin of anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle as long 

 as deep. Scales 36-40 jj^; lateral lines ^f. Uniform brown, or 



Fig. 322. 



Lamprologus modestus. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1898). %. 



yellowish with 7 brown bars across the back ; soft dorsal and caudal 

 with round blackish spots. 



Total length 85 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1. Type. Mbity Bocks. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



2. Type. Kinyamkolo. ,, 



3. Hgr. Komba Bay. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C.). 



4. Skel. Albertville. Capt. Hecq (C). 



11. LAMPROLOGUS MONDAEU. 

 Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 557, pi. xxxvi. fig. 3. 



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

 Head 2| to 2^ times as long as broad, with slightly concave upper 

 profile ; snout pointed, 1|- to 2 times as long as eye, which is 4| to 5 

 times in length of head and equal to or slightly less than interorbital 

 width ; mouth extending to between nostril and eye ; 6 large canines in 

 front of each jaw, followed by a rather broad band of minute villiform 

 teeth; lateral teeth small ; cheek naked. Gill-rakers very short, 7 or S 

 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIX 9 ; spines increasing in 

 length to the last, which measures f length of head ; soft dorsal acutely 

 pointed behind, longest ray measuring f length of head. Anal V 7, 

 last spine ^ length of head. Pectoral |- length of head. Ventral 

 reaching origin of anal. Caudal slightly emarginate. Caudal peduncle 



