. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 342 anal. Ventral reaching vent or anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 33-40 ntA ; lateral lines yo^. Greyish or olive above, silvery white beneath; indistinct traces of darker cross-bands sometimes present; a feebly marked dark opercular spot; a dark bar sometimes present below the eye ; dorsal and caudal fins grey, the soft part of the former and the upper h:df of the lat
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 342 anal. Ventral reaching vent or anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 33-40 ntA ; lateral lines yo^. Greyish or olive above, silvery white beneath; indistinct traces of darker cross-bands sometimes present; a feebly marked dark opercular spot; a dark bar sometimes present below the eye ; dorsal and caudal fins grey, the soft part of the former and the upper h:df of the latter with round darker spots ; ventrals and Fte. Paratilapia victoriana. Bunjako (F. N.). f . anal yellow in females; males with the ventral black and the anal red, the latter with two or three orange ocellar spots. Total length 140 millim. Lake Victoria and Victoria Nile.—Type in Paris Museum. 1-5. Ad. Bunjako. Mr. E. Degen (C). 6-7. Ad. Entebbe. „ 8-i0. Ad. &hgr. Sesse Ids. Dr. E. Bayon (('.); Genou Museum (P.). 11—13. Ad. & hgr. Jiirja, Ripon Falls. ,, „ 25. PARATILAPIA GRANTI. Haplocliromis granti, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 446. Paratilapia granti, Bouleng. Fisbes Nile, p. 476, pi. lxxxvii. fig. 4 (1907). Depth of body equal to or a little greater than length of head, which is 2f to 3^ times in total length. Head about twice as long as broad, upper profile curved ; snout broader and deeper than long, as long as eye, which is 3^ to 3§ times in length of head, equals interorbital width and lj to H times praeorbital depth; mouth nearly horizontal or slightly oblique, extending to below anterior border of e\e, or not quite. 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 Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937. Lond
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