. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. PARATILAPIA. 325 arch. Dorsal XV 10; spines equal from the fourth, f length of head ; longest soft ray | length of head. Anal III 7 ; third spine a little shorter than longest dorsals. Pectoral a little more than § length of head, not extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral produced into a filament, reaching anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as Fig. / Para^tilapia demeusii. Type (A. M. C). long as deep. Scales cycloid, or very indistinctly denticulate, 28 I
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. PARATILAPIA. 325 arch. Dorsal XV 10; spines equal from the fourth, f length of head ; longest soft ray | length of head. Anal III 7 ; third spine a little shorter than longest dorsals. Pectoral a little more than § length of head, not extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral produced into a filament, reaching anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as Fig. / Para^tilapia demeusii. Type (A. M. C). long as deep. Scales cycloid, or very indistinctly denticulate, 28 I,; 10 lateral lines ^j. Brown, lighter beneath ; a black opercular spot; small black spots on the soft dorsal and caudal fins. Total length 130 millim. Upper Congo. 1- Type. Bangala Country. M. De Meuse ((!.). 10. PARATILAPIA AFRA. ITemkliromis afer, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. G2G, pi. Ivii. fig. B. Paratilapia afra, Bouleiig. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 1J:2; Pellegr. M(5m. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 2&?,. Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 3 times in total length. Head twice as long as broad, with curved upper profile; snout rounded, as long as broad, a little shorter than postocular part of head ; eye 3^ times in length of head, equal to or slightly greater than inter- orbital width, exceeding prseorbital depth ; mouth not extending to below anterior border of eye; teeth in 3 series, outer rather large,. 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 [by Taylor and Francis]
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