. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 3G6 CICHLID-^. Head twice as long as broad ; snout with curved upper profile, rounded, broader than long, as long as postocular part of head, shorter than eye, which is 2| to 2| times in length of head, equals interorbital width and 3 times prajorbital depth ; mouth extending to below anterior fourth of eye; teeth very small, in 2 or 3 series, 70 to 90 in outer series of upper jaw; 2 or 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part not t> diameter of eye. Gill-rakers r
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 3G6 CICHLID-^. Head twice as long as broad ; snout with curved upper profile, rounded, broader than long, as long as postocular part of head, shorter than eye, which is 2| to 2| times in length of head, equals interorbital width and 3 times prajorbital depth ; mouth extending to below anterior fourth of eye; teeth very small, in 2 or 3 series, 70 to 90 in outer series of upper jaw; 2 or 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part not t> diameter of eye. Gill-rakers rather long, 17 to 10 on lower part of anterior area. Dorsal XII-XIII 12-14 ; spines subequal from the eighth or ninth, which measures nearly -^ length of head and f to -} longest soft rays. Anal III 9-10 ; third spine about f length of head. Pectoral as long as or a little longer than head, extending to vertical of Fie. I'aratilapia ventralis. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1898). ^. origin of anal or a little beyond. Ventral produced into a very long filament, which, in males, is bifid at the end and may reach the caudal fin. Caudal with deep crescenlic notch. Caudal peduncle Ij to 1 \ times as long as deep. Scales denticulate, 31-36 y^ ^^ \ lateral lines n^ijij, the upper extending to the caudal ])eduncle, or to the root of the caudal. Greyish brown to blackish, with or without irreuular darker or lighter spots; tins grey ov dorsal and anal blue-green edged with blackish ; vcntrals of males black, with the end bright yellow. 'i'otal length 92 millim. Lake 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, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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