. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. !68 CICHLID^E. Caudal with deep crescentic notch. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales denticulate, 36-38 jgjjj; lateral lines j^Ejg, the upper extending to the caudal peduncle, or to the root of the caudal. Grey or olive above, white beneath; four yellow stripes along each side; pectorals yellowish, other fins dark grey or blackish. Total length 100 millim. Lake Tanganyika.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. One o£ the types. Moli
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. !68 CICHLID^E. Caudal with deep crescentic notch. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales denticulate, 36-38 jgjjj; lateral lines j^Ejg, the upper extending to the caudal peduncle, or to the root of the caudal. Grey or olive above, white beneath; four yellow stripes along each side; pectorals yellowish, other fins dark grey or blackish. Total length 100 millim. Lake Tanganyika.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. One o£ the types. Moliro. Capt. Lemaire (C). 2. Ad. Sumbu. Dr. W. A. CunniDgton (C). 3. Ad. Lo£u R. Fig. Paratilapia furcifera. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1S98). 48. PARATILAPIA FURCIFERA. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 14, pi. iv. fig. 1, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 425 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 273; Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 563. Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 3 times in total length. Head twice as long as broad; snout with curved upper profile, rounded, broader than long, as long as or a little shorter than postocular part of head, as long as or a little shorter than eye, which is 2§ to 3 times in. 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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