. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 1. Type. 2-7. Types. 8. Ad. y. Skel. J'ARATILAPIA. M()lty Hocks. Kiiiyamkolo. Bunibu. 3(37 PioF. J. E. S. Moore (C). Dr. W. A. Cunnington (('.). 47. PARATILAPIA DEWINDTI. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. SS, pi. xviii. fi«;. 2, Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. Ul, pi. lili. fig. 2 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. (Jongo, )). 421 (1901) ; PcUegr. Metn. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 271 ; Boulong. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 190(5, p. 'AY.]. Depth of body equal to length of head, 2| to 3 tim
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 1. Type. 2-7. Types. 8. Ad. y. Skel. J'ARATILAPIA. M()lty Hocks. Kiiiyamkolo. Bunibu. 3(37 PioF. J. E. S. Moore (C). Dr. W. A. Cunnington (('.). 47. PARATILAPIA DEWINDTI. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. SS, pi. xviii. fi«;. 2, Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. Ul, pi. lili. fig. 2 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. (Jongo, )). 421 (1901) ; PcUegr. Metn. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 271 ; Boulong. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 190(5, p. 'AY.]. Depth of body equal to length of head, 2| to 3 times in total length. 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, Fijr. ParatUuina deivlndti. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1899). which is 2| to 2| times in length of head, exceeds interorbitul width, and equals 3 times prieorbital depth ; mouth extending to below anterior fourth of eye; teeth very small, in 3 or 4 series, 80 to 90 in outer series of upper jaw; 2 or 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part not \ diameter of eye. Gill-rakers rather long, 17 to 19 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XII-XIII 12-13 ; spines subequal from the ciglith or ninth, which measures f to J length of head, and | to | length of longest soft rays. Anal III 9 ; third spine | length of head. Pectoral a little shorter than head, extending to vertical of origin of anal. A'entral produced into a tilanient, reaching beyond origin uf 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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