. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. PAEATILAPIA. 317 series, of outer series rather large, 34 to 40 in upper jaw; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part nearly equal to diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 9 or 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XV 10-11 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures a little over ^length of head; longest soft rays | length of head. Anal III 7 ; third spine stronger but a little shorter tlian last dorsal. Pectoral hardly § length of head
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. PAEATILAPIA. 317 series, of outer series rather large, 34 to 40 in upper jaw; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part nearly equal to diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 9 or 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XV 10-11 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures a little over ^length of head; longest soft rays | length of head. Anal III 7 ; third spine stronger but a little shorter tlian last dorsal. Pectoral hardly § length of head, not extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral produced into a filament, reaching anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales cycloid, 27-28 j2 > lateral lines ^^. Purplish brown above, cheek and opercle yellow, belly carmine-red; a large black spot on the operculum and another on the posterior part of the spinous dorsal, which is dark â f)urplish ; soft dorsal carmine-red ; ventral carmine-red, edged witli black. Total length 80 millim. Upper Congo.âTypes in Congo Museum, Tervuercn. 1-2. Types. Utanda, L. Leopold II. 11. V. Delhez (C). Fig. Faratilapia wacrocepluthi. Type (A. M. C). 3. PAEATILAPIA MACROf!EPHALA. Bouleng. Ann. Mns. Congo, Zool. i. p. 121, pi, xlv. fig. 4 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 415 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 2GG. Depth of body 2f to 3 times in total length, length of head 2J to 3 times. Head 2J to 2^ times as long as broad; snout with straight upper profile, a little shorter than postocular part of head; eye 3J to 4^ times in length of head, equal to or greater than interorbital width, much exceeding prseorbital depth ; mouth extending to below anterior. 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 Muse
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