. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. PARATILAPIA. 129 olive or brown above, yellowish beneath, sometimes with a reddish- brown spot at the base of each scale, often with two blackish longitudinal bands, the upper above the upper lateral line, the lower from the gill-cover to the base of the fin; dorsal and caudal. ^^ I'arat'ila'pia thumhergii. Okovango E. (Ti-. Z. S. 1911). f. fins greyish or dark olive, with round blackish or reddish-brown spots ; anal sometimes edged witli yellow and with round red spots;

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. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. PARATILAPIA. 129 olive or brown above, yellowish beneath, sometimes with a reddish- brown spot at the base of each scale, often with two blackish longitudinal bands, the upper above the upper lateral line, the lower from the gill-cover to the base of the fin; dorsal and caudal. ^^ I'arat'ila'pia thumhergii. Okovango E. (Ti-. Z. S. 1911). f. fins greyish or dark olive, with round blackish or reddish-brown spots ; anal sometimes edged witli yellow and with round red spots; ventrals often dark olive or blackish. Total length 350 millim. Lake Nyassa and Zambesi, Katanga, Lake Bangwelu, Angola, and l^ake Ngnmi.—Type lost. 1. Skill, ty{)e of L. Nyassa. IL ?V>/>?j. T. Codrington, Esq. (P.). F. H. Melhmd, Esq., and Father Foulon (P.).. 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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