. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 344 2G. PARATILAPIA CINEREA. Boulen^. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 190G, p. 439, and Fish. Nile, p. 478, pi. Ixxxvi. fig. 4 (1907). Depth of body a little greater than length of head, 3 times in total length. Head 2^ times as long as broad ; snout as long as broad, deeper than long, with steep oblique upper profile, a little shorter than eye, which is 3 times in length of head, equals interorbital width and twice praeorbital depth; mouth slightly oblique, extending
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 344 2G. PARATILAPIA CINEREA. Boulen^. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 190G, p. 439, and Fish. Nile, p. 478, pi. Ixxxvi. fig. 4 (1907). Depth of body a little greater than length of head, 3 times in total length. Head 2^ times as long as broad ; snout as long as broad, deeper than long, with steep oblique upper profile, a little shorter than eye, which is 3 times in length of head, equals interorbital width and twice praeorbital depth; mouth slightly oblique, extending to below anterior border of eye; teeth small, in 4 series, outer largest and feebly curved, 44 in upper jaw, some of the inner more or less distinctly tri- cuspid ; 3 scries of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part | diameter Fig. PiiratUaj^na cintrid. Type (F. N.). of eye. Gill-rakers short, truncate, bi- or tricuspid, 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI 8; spines increasing in length to the last, which ^measures | length of head ; longest soft rays | length of head. Anal III 8; third spine a little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral as long as head, extending a little beyond vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching a little beyond origin of anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle 1| times as long as deep. Scales very feebly denticu- late, 33 j^; lateral lines ^. Grey above and beneath, darker on the back; a blackish opercular spot; fins dark grey, ventrals blackish ; three large round orange spots encircled with red, on the anal fin. Total length 105 millim. Lake Victoria. 1. Tvi)e. Buganga. Mr. E. Degen (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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