LAMPHOLOGUS. 



4S; 



26. LAMPROLOGUS FURCFFER. 



Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 9, pi. ii. fig. 1, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 407 

 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 295. 



Depth of body 4 to 4j times in total length, length of head 2|- to 

 3 times. Head, twice as long as broad. ; snout as long as or a little 

 longer than eye, which is 34; to 3§ times in length of head and exceeds 

 interorbital width; mouth extending to below anterior fourth of eye; 

 6 large canines, wide apart, in front of upper jaw, and 4 in front of 

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

 teeth very small; cheek with deciduous scales. Gill-rakers short, 14 to 

 16 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIX-XXI 7-9 ; spines 

 increasing in length to the last, which measures f length of head ; 



Fig. 334 





Lawprologus furiiifer. 

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



some of the soft rays produced, | to f length of head. Anal 

 VI-VII 5-6 ; last spine as long as last dorsal. Pectoral 4 length of 

 head. Ventral reaching vent or origin of anal. Caudal with deep 

 crescentic notch. Caudal peduncle 1| to 2 times as long as deep. 



Scales 50-60 



6-8 

 16-20 > 



lateral lines f^zur- 



Dark brown, with very indistinct 



blackish cross-bars on the body ; spinous dorsal and ventrals blackish ; 

 round black spots on the soft dorsal and caudal ; caudal lobes tipped 

 with whitish. 



Total length 125 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



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