. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 200 U. TLLAPIA GUANDOCULKS. Bouleng. Ti-. Zool. Soc. xv. 1«1)*), j). '.)4, pi. xix. fig. G, Ann. Mas. Congo, Zool. i. p. 150, pi. liv. fig. G aOOO), Foiss. Bass. Congo, p. ill (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1!)0G, p. 573. Edodus face, Vaill. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1899, p. 221, and Res. Scient. Voy. E. Foa, p. 5G1 (1908). 0}>ht1tal>notilapia foce, Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1901, p. 345. Depth of body 3 to 3| times in total length, length of head 3 to 3
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 200 U. TLLAPIA GUANDOCULKS. Bouleng. Ti-. Zool. Soc. xv. 1«1)*), j). '.)4, pi. xix. fig. G, Ann. Mas. Congo, Zool. i. p. 150, pi. liv. fig. G aOOO), Foiss. Bass. Congo, p. ill (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1!)0G, p. 573. Edodus face, Vaill. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1899, p. 221, and Res. Scient. Voy. E. Foa, p. 5G1 (1908). 0}>ht1tal>notilapia foce, Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1901, p. 345. Depth of body 3 to 3| times in total length, length of head 3 to 3^ times. Head not quite twice as long as broad; snout short and rounded, with convex upper profile, broader than long, as long as postocular part of head; eye 2i to 2f times in length of head, a little exceeding interorbital width, more than twice as long as least pra^orbital Fiir. TUaiiia (jrandoadis. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1899). depth; mouth small, J to f width of head, extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth very small, in 3 to 5 series, outer obtusely pointed or hi- or tricuspid, (iO to TO in upper jaw ; 2 to 4 series of very small scales on tlie cheek, width of scaly i)art not half diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 14 to 17 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIII- XIV 13-14 ; spines feeble, equal in length from the seventh, which measures about | length of head ; longest soft rays about h length of head. Anal III 9 -10 ; third spine stronger but shorter than dorsals. Pectoral as long as or a little longer than head, reaching origin of 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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