. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 228 cichlidj*:. spine about ^ length of head. Pectoral about § length of head, widely separated from anal. Ventral not reaching vent. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales with strong marginal denticu- lation, 30-31 jijrfy ; lateral lines ^-^-; scales on occiput and nape very small. Olive-brown above, some of the scales black at the base; 5 or 6 more or less indistinct dark cross-bands; a blackish opercular spot; dorsal and cau
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 228 cichlidj*:. spine about ^ length of head. Pectoral about § length of head, widely separated from anal. Ventral not reaching vent. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales with strong marginal denticu- lation, 30-31 jijrfy ; lateral lines ^-^-; scales on occiput and nape very small. Olive-brown above, some of the scales black at the base; 5 or 6 more or less indistinct dark cross-bands; a blackish opercular spot; dorsal and caudal fins with small dark spots; a fine blackish edge to the dorsal and to the caudal above and beneath. Total length 115 millim. Upper Congo.—Types in Brussels Museum. 1. One of. the types. Lindi E. 2-3. Ad. & yg. Stanley Falls M. M. Storms (C.) ; Brussels Museum (P.). Dr. C. Christy (C). 62. TILAPIA HORII. Chromis /writ, Griinth. Proe. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 630, pi. lviii. fig. A. Tilapia horii, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 122, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 4G3 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 328 Tilapia rubropunctata, Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1899, p. 93, pi. xx. fig. 2, Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 149, pi. lv. fig. 1 (1900), and Poiss. Ba*s. Congo, p. 464. Depth of body 3 to 3^ times in total length, length of head 2| to 2-f times. Head 2^- to 2£ times as long as broad ; snout with straight Pig. Tilapia horii. Type of T. rubropunctata (Tr. Z. S. 1899). upper profile, longer than broad, as long as postocular part of head, 1J to 2 times as long as eye, which is 4 to 4J times in length of head and. 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
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