. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 372 51. PARATILAPIA LEPTOSOMA. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 14, pi. iii. fig. 4, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 427 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 271. Depth of body 4 to 4^ times in total length, length of head 3 to 3^ times. Head 2^ to 2^ times as long as broad, with straight or slightly concave upper profile; snout obtusely pointed, as long as broad, shorter than postocular part of head, as long as or a little longer than eye, which is
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 372 51. PARATILAPIA LEPTOSOMA. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 14, pi. iii. fig. 4, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 427 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 271. Depth of body 4 to 4^ times in total length, length of head 3 to 3^ times. Head 2^ to 2^ times as long as broad, with straight or slightly concave upper profile; snout obtusely pointed, as long as broad, shorter than postocular part of head, as long as or a little longer than eye, which is 3^ to 3§ times in length of head, equals interorbital Avidth, and much exceeds praeorbital depth ; mouth very protractile, pr?cmaxillary processes very long and extending to between orbits; maxillary extending to below anterior border of eye, or not quite so far; teeth small, in 3 series, about 60 in outer series of upper jaw; 2 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part about ^ diameter Fig. 253. '\. 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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