482 CICHLIDJE. 



fin ; a sharply denned black opercular spot, edged with silvery in 

 front. 



Total length 50 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1-2. Types. Tombwi. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 



25. LAMPROLOGUS RETICULATUS. 



Boulcng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 560, pi. xxxv. fig. 4. 



Depth of body 4 times in total length, length of head 3| times. Head 

 twice as long as broad ; snont as long as eye, which is 3| times in length 

 of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth extending to below 

 anterior fourth of eye ; 10 small canines in front of each jaw, followed 

 by a narrow band of minute teeth; lateral teeth very small; a few 

 scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers short, 14 on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Dorsal XIX 10 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which 



Lamj>rologus reticulalus. 

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



measures ^ length of head and is but slightly shorter than longest soft 

 rays. Anal VIII 8 ; last spine as long as last dorsal. Pectoral f length 

 of head. Ventral reaching anal. Caudal truncate, slightly emarginate. 

 Caudal peduncle 11 times as long as deep. Scales 39 p.; lateral lines 

 J4. Brown, the scales edged with darker, the dark lines forming a 

 reticulate pattern ; dorsal and anal fins dark brown, with oblique rows 

 of round whitish spots ; caudal brown, with numerous, rather indistinct, 

 light spots at the base, and an oblique whitish streak in the upper 

 corner. 



Total length 62 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1- Type. Vua. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 



