. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAP1A. 245 interorbital width, and a little exceeds least depth of prseorbital; mouth rather large, f width of head, extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth small, in 4 or 5 series, 52 in outer series of upper jaw; 5 or 6 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVIII 8 ; last spine longest, J length of head, f middle soft rays, which are
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAP1A. 245 interorbital width, and a little exceeds least depth of prseorbital; mouth rather large, f width of head, extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth small, in 4 or 5 series, 52 in outer series of upper jaw; 5 or 6 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVIII 8 ; last spine longest, J length of head, f middle soft rays, which are produced. Anal HI 8; third spine nearly as long as last Fig. 163. -:-^y,^ Tilajjia zebra. Type (P. Z. S. 1899). dorsal. Pectoral as long as head, not extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral produced into a filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal rounded (?), densely scaled at the base. Caudal peduncle a little deeper than long. Scales finely denticulate, 31 jg-; lateral lines jjj^jj; scales on occiput, nape, breast, and belly very small. Grey, with 6 dark brown bars; a crescentic dark brown band on the forehead, from eye to eye, followed by a second farther back, and a third in front of the dorsal; vertical fins grey; three round white spots on the posterior part of the anal; ventrals blackish. Total length 105 millim. Lake Nyassa. 1. Type. L. Nyassa. Miss M. Woodward (C.) ; Miss S. C. McLaughlin (P.).. 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 : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Museum (Natural History)
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