. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 245 interorbital width, and a little exceeds least depth of prteorbital; mouth rather large, f width of head, extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth small, in 4 or 5 series, 52 in outer series of upper jaw; 5 or 6 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVIII 8; last spine longest, | length of head, f middle soft rays, which are produced. Anal III 8; third spi
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 245 interorbital width, and a little exceeds least depth of prteorbital; mouth rather large, f width of head, extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth small, in 4 or 5 series, 52 in outer series of upper jaw; 5 or 6 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVIII 8; last spine longest, | length of head, f middle soft rays, which are produced. Anal III 8; third spine nearly as long as last Fig. Tihqjia zebra. Type (P. Z. S. 1899). dorsal. Pectoral as long as head, not extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral produced into a filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal rounded ("?), densely scaled at the base. Caudal peduncle a little deeper than long. Scales finely denticulate, 31 jg-; lateral lines j^^; scales on occiput, nape, breast, and belly very small. Grey, Avith 6 dark brown bars; a crescentic dark brown band on the forehead, from eye to eye, followed by a second farther back, and a third in f)-ont of the dorsal; vertical fins grey; three round white spots on the posterior pnrt of the anal; ventrals blackish. Total length 105 millim. Lake Nyassa. 1. Tvpo. L. Nj'iis^a. Miss M. Woodward (U.) ; Miss S. 0. McK^nglilin (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, George Albert, 1858-1937. London, Printed by order of the Trustees [by Taylor and Francis]
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