. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 209 and with dark and light spots, or with black streaks; outer ventral rays black or blackish. Total length 100 millim. Angola. Bechuanaland, Rhodesia, Katanga, Lake Bangwelu.—Type in Vienna Tilapia oralis. L. Bangwelu. 1. Yg. 2-3. Hgr. 4-5. Yg. 6-10. Ad., hgr., & vs. Cbiringa, Rhodesia. Lofoi, Katanga. L. Dilolo, Katanga. L. Bangwelu. Franklin White, Esq. (P. ('apt. Leniaire (('.). V. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). 4a. TILAP
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 209 and with dark and light spots, or with black streaks; outer ventral rays black or blackish. Total length 100 millim. Angola. Bechuanaland, Rhodesia, Katanga, Lake Bangwelu.—Type in Vienna Tilapia oralis. L. Bangwelu. 1. Yg. 2-3. Hgr. 4-5. Yg. 6-10. Ad., hgr., & vs. Cbiringa, Rhodesia. Lofoi, Katanga. L. Dilolo, Katanga. L. Bangwelu. Franklin White, Esq. (P. ('apt. Leniaire (('.). V. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). 4a. TILAPIA STEINDACHNERI. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) xii. 1913, p. 483. Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 2-^ to 3 times in total length. Head a little more than twice as long as broad ; snout with convex upper profile, as long as broad or a little longer than broad, as long as postocular part of head ; eye 3-| (young) to 4h times iu length of head, equal to interorbital width or suborbital depth ; mouth moderate, about § width of head, extending to between nostril and eye; teeth small, in 3 series, 40 to 60 in outer row of upper jaw ; 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to or a little less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 12 to 14 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal X1V-XV 12-13; spines equal in length from the sixth or seventh, -g- to not quite ^ length of head; longest soft rays about ^ length of head. Anal HI 8-9 ; third spine as long as and stronger than last dorsal. Pectoral f to f length of head, nearly reaching VOL. in. 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 : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau &
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