. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. PAEATILAPIA. ilo 1. PAEATILAPIA POLLENI. Bleek. Versl. Ak. Amsterd. ii. 18G8, p. 307, and Poiss. Madag. p. 10, pi. v. fig. 2 (1875) ; Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ixxxii. i. 1880, p. 247 ; Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 443, pi. xliv. fig. 2 (1891) ; Bouleng. Proc. Zoo!. «oc. 1898, p. 138; Pellegr. Mem. See. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 257. Paracara tt/pns, Bleek. Versl. Ak. Amsterd. xii. 1878, p. 193, pi. iii. fig. 3; Sauv. op. cit. p. 438, pi. xliv a, fig. 8, & c, fig. 1. Pa
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. PAEATILAPIA. ilo 1. PAEATILAPIA POLLENI. Bleek. Versl. Ak. Amsterd. ii. 18G8, p. 307, and Poiss. Madag. p. 10, pi. v. fig. 2 (1875) ; Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ixxxii. i. 1880, p. 247 ; Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 443, pi. xliv. fig. 2 (1891) ; Bouleng. Proc. Zoo!. «oc. 1898, p. 138; Pellegr. Mem. See. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 257. Paracara tt/pns, Bleek. Versl. Ak. Amsterd. xii. 1878, p. 193, pi. iii. fig. 3; Sauv. op. cit. p. 438, pi. xliv a, fig. 8, & c, fig. 1. Paratilapia bleekeri, Sauv. op. cit. p. 444, pi. xliv. fig. 1; Bouleng. t. c. p. 139. I'aratilapia typxts, Bouleng. 1. c. Depth of body 2 to 2| times in total length, length of head 2^ to 21 times. Head twice or a little less than twice as long as broad; snout rig. Paratilapia polleni. After Sauvage {op. cit.). rounded, with straight or concave upper profile, as long as broad or broader than long, shorter than postocular part of head ; eye 3i (young) to 6 times in length of head, about f interorbital width in adult, equal to or greater than prteorbital depth ; mouth very protractile, extending to below anterior border or anterior third of eye; praemaxillary processes very long, extending to between the eyes; teeth in 3 to 5 series, outer largest, 30 to 50 in upper jaw; 4 to 6 series of scales on the cheek, Avidth of scaly part equal to or greater than diameter of eye. Gill- rakers moderately long, 7 to 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal X-XIII 10-12 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures •g^ to f length of head; middle soft rays more or less produced, some-. 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 A
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