. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. HAPLOCHEOMIS. 303 Tilapia flavil-josephi, Bouleiig. 1. c. Paratilapia wingatii, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 2G4. Astalotilapla desfontainesi, Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 300, and xxii. 1910, p. 291. Tilapia {Ctenochromis) sparsidens, Hilgend. Zool. Jalirb., Syst. xxii. 1905, p. 408. JIaplochromis desfontahien. Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 501, pi. xc. fig. 3 (1907), and Ann. Mus. Genova, (3) v. 1911, p. 71. Depth of body 2J to 3 times in total le
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. HAPLOCHEOMIS. 303 Tilapia flavil-josephi, Bouleiig. 1. c. Paratilapia wingatii, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 2G4. Astalotilapla desfontainesi, Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 300, and xxii. 1910, p. 291. Tilapia {Ctenochromis) sparsidens, Hilgend. Zool. Jalirb., Syst. xxii. 1905, p. 408. JIaplochromis desfontahien. Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 501, pi. xc. fig. 3 (1907), and Ann. Mus. Genova, (3) v. 1911, p. 71. Depth of body 2J to 3 times in total lengtli, length of head 2| to 3^ times. Snout with straight or slightly concave profile, 1 to 1\ diameters of the eye, which is 3^ to 4^^ times in length of head and equals or slightly exceeds interorbital width ; least depth of prsBorbital § to once diameter of eye; jaws equal in front, or lower slightly projecting; Fig. Haplochromis desfontainesii. Tunisia (P. Z. S. 1899). maxillary extending to below anterior border or anterior third of eye; outer teeth rather large, conical or more or less distinctly bicuspid in the adult, usually bicuspid in the young, 30 to GO in upper jaw, followed by 2 or 3 series of small tricuspid teeth ; 3 to 5 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part nearly equal to or greater than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers very short, the larger sometimes T-shaped, 7 to 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XVI (rarely XIII) 9-10 (rarely 8, 11, or 12) spines, subequal from the tenth or increasing in length to the last, which measures f to f length of head; longest soft rays | to nearly once length of head. Anal III (rarely IV) 8-10 (rarely 11); third spine as long as or a little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral § to nearly once length of head. Ventral reaching vent, origin. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illus
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