. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 181 edged ^Tith bright yellow, the former with round red spots forming regTilar series between the rays; caudal with small round red spots. iotal length 240 millim. Lake Nyassa. L. Nyassa. 1-2. Typos 3. Skel. Capt. E. L. Rhoadcs (P.). 21. TILAPIA LEPIDURA. Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 116, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 459 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 190'!, ji. 317. Depth of body 2^ to 2^ times in total length, length of head 2| to 3 times. Head
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 181 edged ^Tith bright yellow, the former with round red spots forming regTilar series between the rays; caudal with small round red spots. iotal length 240 millim. Lake Nyassa. L. Nyassa. 1-2. Typos 3. Skel. Capt. E. L. Rhoadcs (P.). 21. TILAPIA LEPIDURA. Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 116, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 459 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 190'!, ji. 317. Depth of body 2^ to 2^ times in total length, length of head 2| to 3 times. Head ]-| to If times as long as broad; snout with convex Fig. |,V,l*i",* 'L. l^ilajna lupichira. Type, from Angola, f. upper profile, bronder than long, as long as or a little shorter than postocular part of head; eye of to 4 times in length of head, li to 2 times in interorbital width, equal to or a little less than praeorbital depth; mouth rather small, f width of head, extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth extremely slender, in 4 series, 80 to 88 in outer series of upper jaw ; 2 or 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 17 to 20 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI 10-12; last spine longest, f to. 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, George Albert, 1858-1937. London, Printed by order of the Trustees [by Taylor and Francis]
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