. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 2G4 92. TILAPIA TREMATOCEPHALA. Bouleng. Ann. & Mixer. N. ^I. (7) vii. 1901, p. 4, Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 475 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 157, pi. xix. fig. 6 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 334. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3 J times in total length. Head a little over twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, with slightly convex upper profile, as long as broad, as long as postocular part of head; eye 3 times in lengt?i of h
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 2G4 92. TILAPIA TREMATOCEPHALA. Bouleng. Ann. & Mixer. N. ^I. (7) vii. 1901, p. 4, Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 475 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 157, pi. xix. fig. 6 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 334. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3 J times in total length. Head a little over twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, with slightly convex upper profile, as long as broad, as long as postocular part of head; eye 3 times in lengt?i of head, exceeding interorbital width, nearly twice as long as least preeorbital depth ; mouth small, J width of head, extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth very small, in 2 series, about 50 in outer series of upper jaw ; 3 series of scales on the cheek ; Fig. T'dapia trematocephala. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1901). orifices of sensory canals on head remarkably large. Gill-rakers rather short, 13 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI 11; last spine longest, \ length of head ; longest soft rays produced into filaments, as long as head. Anal III 9 ; third spine nearly as long as and stronger than last dorsal. Pectoral f length of head, not reaching vertical of origin of anal. Ventral extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal deeply eraarginate. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales very indistinctly denticulate, 40 ^^; lateral lines y. Brownish; dorsal and caudal greyish ; ventrals and anal black, latter edged with white. Total length 90 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1. Type. North end of L. Tanganyika. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C).. 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, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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