. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 239 71. TILAPIA MAKTINI. Bouleng. Ann. & Mao-. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 449, Fish. Nile, p. 514, pi. xci. fig. 2 (1907), and in Schubotz, Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. £r. Exped., Zool. iii. p. 255 (1914). Depth of body 2f to 3 times in total length, length of head 2j to 3 times ; body deepest at the nape. Head twice as long as broad; snout rounded, broader than long, profile descending in a steep oblique line, shorter than eye, which is 2| to 3 times in length of head
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 239 71. TILAPIA MAKTINI. Bouleng. Ann. & Mao-. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 449, Fish. Nile, p. 514, pi. xci. fig. 2 (1907), and in Schubotz, Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. £r. Exped., Zool. iii. p. 255 (1914). Depth of body 2f to 3 times in total length, length of head 2j to 3 times ; body deepest at the nape. Head twice as long as broad; snout rounded, broader than long, profile descending in a steep oblique line, shorter than eye, which is 2| to 3 times in length of head, exceeds interorbital width, and equals twice least depth of praeorbital; mouth not very oblique, extending to below anterior third of eye ; teeth small, in 3 or 4 series, 40 to 70 in outer series of upper jaw ; 4 or 5 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to or less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, some T-shaped, 8 or 9 on lower part of anterior Fig. l.'«. ;*" w. Tilapia martini. Type (F. N.). trch. Dorsal XV-XVI 8-10 ; spines equal from the eighth or ninth, J to f length of head ; longest soft rays ^ to f length of liead. Anal III 8-9 ; third spine as long as and stronger than longest dorsal. Pectoral as long as head, reaching beyond vertical of origin of an;il. Ventral reaching origin of anal or a little beyond. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 32-33 j37^^ ; lateral lines y^jriJ. Yellowish olive above, white beneath ; a dark vertical bar below the eye and one or three cross-bars on the head often present; a blackish opercular spot; a blackish stripe may extend from the latter to the root of the caudal fin, as well as a second, more or less distinct, higlierup on the side of the back ; some specimens uniform dark grey or brownish ; dorsal and anal fins greyish, with more or less distinct round darker spots; pcctoial and anal fins yellow, the. Please note that these images are extrac
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