. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Th i /-'/W<rs (//' / Afrii;i. 525 little loss than i length of head. Pectoral k to a little more than 4 length of head, not extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent or anal. Anal iii 10-13 ; 3rd spine as long as or a little shorter than last dorsal spine. Caudal rounded ; caudal peduncle as long as or a little longer than deep. Scales feebly denticulate in A— 7 the young, sometimes perfectly cycloid in the adult, 35-39 ^^; lateral lines gEg. Colour (of preserved specimens) : F
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Th i /-'/W<rs (//' / Afrii;i. 525 little loss than i length of head. Pectoral k to a little more than 4 length of head, not extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent or anal. Anal iii 10-13 ; 3rd spine as long as or a little shorter than last dorsal spine. Caudal rounded ; caudal peduncle as long as or a little longer than deep. Scales feebly denticulate in A— 7 the young, sometimes perfectly cycloid in the adult, 35-39 ^^; lateral lines gEg. Colour (of preserved specimens) : Females and young brownish above, yellowish beneath, with dark brown spots and dots or marblings,. FIG. 144. — Paratilapia angusticeps, female. r with 7 or 8 indistinct dark bars on the body, sometimes with a more or less distinct dark lateral stripe ; a blackish opercular spot; dorsal, anal and caudal fins with round or oval brown or blackish spots. Males yellowish olive above, yellow beneath, each scale with a dark brown bar or spot; dorsal and anal sometimes edged with yellow ; anal with light ocellar spots. Two specimens, 293 nini., 173 mm. in length respectively, from Kafue River, Rhodesia. Two specimens, 74 nun., 69 mm. in length respectively, from Saw- mills, Bulawayo, Rhodesia (F. D. McKean). One specimen, 229 mm. in length, from Victoria Falls, Zambesi River (G. Arnold). Bulawayo .Museum,. 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 South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ]
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