. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 265 Bonleng 93. TILAPIA BOOPS. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. 1901, p. 5, Poiss. Buss. Congo, p. 476 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 158, pi. xix. fig. 5. Oplithalmotilapia hoojis, Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 190-4, p. 345. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3^- to 3^ times in total length. Head twice as long as broad; snout short and rounded, with strongly convex upper profile, broader than long, as long as posto
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 265 Bonleng 93. TILAPIA BOOPS. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. 1901, p. 5, Poiss. Buss. Congo, p. 476 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 158, pi. xix. fig. 5. Oplithalmotilapia hoojis, Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 190-4, p. 345. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3^- to 3^ times in total length. Head twice as long as broad; snout short and rounded, with strongly convex upper profile, broader than long, as long as postocular part of head ; eye 1\ times in length of head, a little exceeding inter- orbital width, more than twice as long as least pra?orbital depth ; mouth small, subinferior, § width of head, not extending quite to below anterior border of eye; teeth very small, tricuspid, in 3 series, about 70 in outer series of upper jaw ; 2 or 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly '$£></• Fig. -^iesig Tilapia Loops. Type(Tr. Z. S. 1901). part not half diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 13 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XII-XIII 14; spines feeble, equal in length from the seventh, which measures nearly ^ length of head ; soft rays scarcely longer. Anal III 8-9; third spine as long as and stronger than dorsals. Pectoral as long as head, reaching origin of anal. Ventral produced into a filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal with deep crescentic notch. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 39-40 5^773; lateral lines jipjg' Brown above, white beneath ; a blackish opercular spot. Total length 90 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1-2. Types. Msambu. 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). Dep
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