. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. PARATILAPIA. o i ) 52. PARATILAPIA NIGIUPINNJS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. IDOl, p. :5, Poiss. Bass. (V)noo,p. 428 (PJOl), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. IDOl, p. i:)2, pi. xix. fig. 1 ; Pollcgr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 272. Depth of body 4 times in total length, length of head 3 to 3J times. Head 2J times as long as broad, with slightly concave upper profile ; snout obtusely pointed, as long as broad, shorter than postocular part of head, as long as eye, whi
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. PARATILAPIA. o i ) 52. PARATILAPIA NIGIUPINNJS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. IDOl, p. :5, Poiss. Bass. (V)noo,p. 428 (PJOl), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. IDOl, p. i:)2, pi. xix. fig. 1 ; Pollcgr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 272. Depth of body 4 times in total length, length of head 3 to 3J times. Head 2J times as long as broad, with slightly concave upper profile ; snout obtusely pointed, as long as broad, shorter than postocular part of head, as long as eye, which is ^ times in length of head, equals interorbital width, and much exceeds prssorbital depth; mouth very protractile, prcemaxillary processes very long and extending to between orbits ; maxillary extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth very small, in 3 series, about 60 in outer series of upper jaw; 2 or 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part hardly J diameter of eye. Fior. Paratilapia nigrijnnnis. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1901). Gill-rakers long and closely set, 20 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV-XVII 11 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures f length of head ; longest soft rays 4 to | length of head. Anal III 8-9 ; third spine as long as last dorsal. Pectoral as long as head, reaching origin of anal. Ventral reaching origin of anal or beyond. Caudal deeply notched, the lobes produced into filaments. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales rather strongly denti- culate, 39-40 fi; lateral lines f^. Dark brown, lighter beneath ; fins blackish, the caudal edged with white above and beneath. Total length 80 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1-2. Types. Msambu. Prol'. J. 1- ^. >loove (C). 25 Bou II/III. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Mus
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