. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 234 G7. TILAPIA LACRIMOSA. Bouleng. Ann. & Mao-. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 450, Fish. Nile, p. 515, pi. xci. fig. 3 (1907), and Ann. Mus. Geneva, (3) v. 1911, p. 73. Depth of body 2^- to 3 times in total length, length of head 3 to 3y times. Head 2 to 2J times as long as broad, snout with straight or slightly convex upner profile, as long as broad, or a little broader than long, as long as eye, which is 3 J to 3^ times in length of head, equals interorbital width,
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 234 G7. TILAPIA LACRIMOSA. Bouleng. Ann. & Mao-. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 450, Fish. Nile, p. 515, pi. xci. fig. 3 (1907), and Ann. Mus. Geneva, (3) v. 1911, p. 73. Depth of body 2^- to 3 times in total length, length of head 3 to 3y times. Head 2 to 2J times as long as broad, snout with straight or slightly convex upner profile, as long as broad, or a little broader than long, as long as eye, which is 3 J to 3^ times in length of head, equals interorbital width, and exceeds least depth of prseorhital ; mouth moderately oblique, extending to below anterior border of eye or a little beyond ; teeth in 3 to 5 series, outer bicuspid, inner tricuspid, 30 to 50 in outer series of upper jaw ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part a little less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 7 to 9 Fiff. Tilapia l<icrinws<(. Type (E. N.). on lower part of anterior arcli. Dorsal XV-X VI 8-9 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures f to ^ length of head ; longest soft rays f to f length of head. Anal III 8-9 ; third spine as long as and stronger than last dorsal. Pectoral as long as head, extending to vertical of origin of anal or a little beyond. Ventral reaching origin of anal or a little beyond. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle 1^ to If times as long as deep. Scales strongly denticulate, 30-34 i2=T3» lateral lints iq_j3. Pale olive or reddish brown above, white or grey beneath ; belly sometimes (in males) blackish ; usually two blackish cross-bars on the u])per surface of the snout and a broader one on the occiput; a black vertical bar below anterior third of eye, rarely. 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 Muse
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