. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 506 35-37^'; lateral lines'-fif, lower not extending to root of caudal. Uniform dark bmwn; a round blackish spot above the axil; pectoral yellowish. Total length 170 raillim. Madagascar.âType in Leyden Museum. 1. Ad. Imerina. Rev. R. Baron (C). Fig. Paretroplus pnhjactis. Tamatave. â 2. PARETROPLUS POLYACTIS. Bleek. Versl. Ak. Amsterd. xii. 1«78, p. 195, jd. iii. fig. 2 ; Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 446, pis. xliv. a. fig. 7, and xliv. B. fig. 2 (1891) ; B
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 506 35-37^'; lateral lines'-fif, lower not extending to root of caudal. Uniform dark bmwn; a round blackish spot above the axil; pectoral yellowish. Total length 170 raillim. Madagascar.âType in Leyden Museum. 1. Ad. Imerina. Rev. R. Baron (C). Fig. Paretroplus pnhjactis. Tamatave. â 2. PARETROPLUS POLYACTIS. Bleek. Versl. Ak. Amsterd. xii. 1«78, p. 195, jd. iii. fig. 2 ; Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 446, pis. xliv. a. fig. 7, and xliv. B. fig. 2 (1891) ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 142; Pellegr. M^m. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 359. Paretroplus damii (non Bleek.), Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ixxxii. i. 1880, p. 247. Depth of body If to 2 times in total length, length of head 3 times. Head 2 to 2J times as long as broad ; snout strongly compressed, 1^ times as long as eye, which is 4 to 4J times in length of head and 1^ to 1^ times in interorbital width ; mouth extending to between nostril and eye ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, depth of scaly part equal to or a little less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 11 or 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI-XVIII 17-18 ; last spine. 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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