LAMPROLOGTJS. 



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17. LAMPROLOGUS LEMAIRII. 



Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Sue. xv. 18&0, p. 88, pi. xviii. fig. 1, Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. 

 i. p. 140, pi. liii. fig. 1 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 402 (1901) ; 

 Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 292 ; Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. 

 xvii. 1906, p. 558. 



Depth of body 3 to 3^ times in total length, length of head 2f to 3 

 times. Head If to 2 times as long as broad; snout as long as or a little 

 longer than eye, which is 3 to 4 times in length of head and exceeds 

 interorbital width ; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye or 

 a little beyond ; 4 or 6 large curved canine teeth, wide apart, in front 

 of each jaw, followed by a narrow band of minute teeth ; lateral teeth 

 rather large, some in the lower jaw canine-like; cheek naked. Gill- 

 rakers short, 9 or 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIX 7 



Fie. 320. 



Lamprologus lemairii. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



(rarely XVIII S) ; spines subequal from the fifth or increasing in length 

 to the last, about f to \ length of head and -^ to f longest soft rays. 

 Anal VIII 5-6 ; last spine as long as or a little longer than longest 

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

 or beyond. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle a little longer than 



8-11 



25-30 



deep. Scales 40-48 jgrfg; hxteral lines jgrjg. Light brown to dark 

 brown above, lighter or white beneath, uniform or most of the scales 

 with a dark edge, and with three more or less distinct oblique dark bars 

 on the back; a dark band from the eye to the maxillary; a black 

 opercular spot ; dorsal and anal blackish on the edge, the former usually 

 with a large black spot between the four or five first spines of the 

 dorsal ; ventrals sometimes black. 



