. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 179 than prseorbital depth; mouth moderate, f width of head, extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth in 5 or 6 series, 44 to GO in outer series of upper jaw; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to diameter of eye, Gill-rakers short, 16-18 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI 12-13 ; spines subequal from the sixth or last longest, 5 to ^ length of head ; longest sofc ray a little shorter or a little longer than head. Anal III 9-10;
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 179 than prseorbital depth; mouth moderate, f width of head, extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth in 5 or 6 series, 44 to GO in outer series of upper jaw; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to diameter of eye, Gill-rakers short, 16-18 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI 12-13 ; spines subequal from the sixth or last longest, 5 to ^ length of head ; longest sofc ray a little shorter or a little longer than head. Anal III 9-10; third spine f length of head. Pectoral as long as or slightly shorter than head, not reaching vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching anal. Caudal rounded- subtruncate. Caudal peduncle deeper than long. Scales cycloid, Fig. 'J'ildpia hmaji. Type. |. 30-31 \:,; lateral lines yiz\1. Brown, with four to six more or less distinct broad darker vertical bands ; a blackish operculnr spot; fins purplish brown with very indistinct smnll darker spots on the soft dorsal, and a large dark spot at the base of the origin of the latter. Total length 220 millim. Ogowe.—Type in Paris Museum. 1. Ono of the typos. N^iomo, Lower Ogowe. 2. llor. L. 0. ()l'OW Kev. E. Hang (C.) ; Paris Museum (E.). Dr. Ansorge (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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