. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. PARATILAPIA. 310 27. rARATTLAPTA CRASSILABRIS. TlaplocJiromis crassilah7'iii, Boulen^. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 100('», ji. 445. Paratilapia crassilahr'is, Boulong. Fish. Nile, p. 482, pi. Ixxxvii. fig. 5 {VM)1), and Ann. Mus. Genova, (3) v. li)ll, p. G8. Depth of body equal to length of head, 21 to 3 times in total length. Head about twice as long as broad; snout with convex npi)ef profile, broader than long, as long as (young) or a little longer than diameter of eye, wh
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. PARATILAPIA. 310 27. rARATTLAPTA CRASSILABRIS. TlaplocJiromis crassilah7'iii, Boulen^. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 100('», ji. 445. Paratilapia crassilahr'is, Boulong. Fish. Nile, p. 482, pi. Ixxxvii. fig. 5 {VM)1), and Ann. Mus. Genova, (3) v. li)ll, p. G8. Depth of body equal to length of head, 21 to 3 times in total length. Head about twice as long as broad; snout with convex npi)ef profile, broader than long, as long as (young) or a little longer than diameter of eye, which is 3J to 4 times in length of head, equals interorbital width, and exceeds praeorbital depth ; mouth not very oblique, with very thick lips, not extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth in ?> or 4 series, 20 to 34 in outer series of upper jaw, outer large and conical or. Tdapia crassilabris. Type (P. N.). |. indistinctly bicuspid in the adult, bicuspid in the young, the others; minute and conical or tricuspid; 3 series of scales on the cheek, widtli of scaly part equal to or a little less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 7 or 8 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV-XVI 8-9 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures | to ^ length of head; longest soft rays about J length of head. Anal III 8-9 ; third spine stronger and usually a little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral f to J length of head, extending to vertical of origin of anal. A'entral extending a little beyond origin of anal. Caudal truncate or rounded- subtruncate. Caudal peduncle 1;^ to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 31-33 y^; lateral lines ^l^- Brownish above, silvery white beneath; a rather indistinct dark bar across the nape, in front of the dorsal fin, and more or less distinct traces of two dark longitudinal. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and app
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