47G 



CICHLID.E. 



Total length 230 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. — Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 

 1-2. Ad. Kibwesi. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



3. Hgr. Msambu. ., 



4-9. Ad. & ligr. Niamkolo. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 



10. Skel. 



11. Ad. Moliro. Dr. L. Stappers (C). 

 12-13. Ad. Vua Bay. 



18. LAMPROLOGUS CALLIPTERDS. 

 Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 559, pi. xxxvi. fig. 4. 



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

 Head twice as long as broad ; snout 1| to If times as long as eye, 

 which is 4 to 4£ times in length of head and nearly equals interorbital 



Fig. 327. 



Lamproloym callipterus. 

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



width ; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye ; 6 or 8 large 

 canines in front of each jaw, followed by a moderately broad band of 

 minute teeth; lateral teeth small; cheek entirely naked or nearly so. 

 Gill-rakers rather long, 9 to 12 on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Dorsal XVIII-XIX 9-10 ; spines increasing in length to the last, 

 which measures nearly \ length of head ; longest soft ray -§- to % length 

 of head. Anal VII— VIII 7-8 ; last spine nearly as long as last dorsal. 

 Pectoral about § length of head. Ventral more or less produced, 

 reaching origin of anal or beyond. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle 



\\ to \\ times as long as deep. Scales 38-44 



4-5 

 10-U ' 



lateral lines 



