. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 294 beyond. Ventral reaching origin of anal or a little beyond. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1| times as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 31-34 jjijjj; lateral lines Yu^B- Females pale olive- brown above, silvery white below; a brown or black opercular spot; a brown vertical bar sometimes present below the anterior third of the eye ; ill-defined, barely distinguishable, dark cross-bars on the back ; dorsal and caudal
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 294 beyond. Ventral reaching origin of anal or a little beyond. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1| times as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 31-34 jjijjj; lateral lines Yu^B- Females pale olive- brown above, silvery white below; a brown or black opercular spot; a brown vertical bar sometimes present below the anterior third of the eye ; ill-defined, barely distinguishable, dark cross-bars on the back ; dorsal and caudal fins greyish, with or without round darker spots; ventral and anal fins bright yellow, the former sometimes blackish on the outer border, the latter sometimes with two large orange ocellar spots ; lower half of caudal fin sometimes bright yellow. Males darker, grey or blackish on the belly ; two dark bars across the snout; dorsal Fisr. SisSll â¢'â¢â ;,:â 'â ssg^HiK Haplochromis ishmaeli. Type (F. N.). fin grey, the soft portion with round light spots ; ventral fins black; two to four large orange ocellar spots on the anal fin. Total length 130 millim. Lake Victoria and Victoria Nile. 1-9, 10. Types. 11. Skel. 12. Type. 13. 14-15. Ad. 14-17. Hgr. & yg. Bunjako. Entebbe. Buddu Coast of L. Victoria. Kisumu Bay, Kavirondo. 18-22. Ad. & hgr. Jinja, Ripon Falls. 23. Skel. 24. Skel. Mr. E. Degen (C). Mr. M. Simon (C). A. Blayney Percival, Esq. (P.). Dr. E. Bayon (C.)j Genoa Museum (P.). Kakindu, Victoria 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 : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Museum (Natural History)
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