. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. TROPIIEUS. 277 3^ times. Head massive, rounded, not twice as long as broad; snout broader than long, with convex upper profile; eye oh to 4 times in length of head, 1J to 1^ times in interorbital width ; mouth with thick upper lip, extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth in 8 to 10 transverse series; 4 series of scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers short, 11 or 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XX-XXI 5-6 ; spines increasing in length to the sixth, which is not qui
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. TROPIIEUS. 277 3^ times. Head massive, rounded, not twice as long as broad; snout broader than long, with convex upper profile; eye oh to 4 times in length of head, 1J to 1^ times in interorbital width ; mouth with thick upper lip, extending to below anterior border of eye ; teeth in 8 to 10 transverse series; 4 series of scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers short, 11 or 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XX-XXI 5-6 ; spines increasing in length to the sixth, which is not quite ^ length of head ; longest soft rays f to | length of head. Anal V-VI 5-6 ; last spine a little longer than longest dorsal. Pectoral as long as head. Fie. l^-OjihiUt inoorli. Tvpe (Tr. Z. S. 1S98). Ventral produced into a short filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 30-32 ^ ; lateral lines jjip). Dark brown, with a large bluish-white blotch on each side of the body, the belly reddish brown, or dark reddish brown with darker edges to the dorsal scales; fins blackish, or dull red, the dorsal tipped with black. Total length 115 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1-3. Type.«. Kinyamkolu. I^of. .7. E. 8. ^loore (('.). 4. Skoi. ^K A(l. Hiunbii. Pr. \V. A. ('imiiiiiotoii (('.). 19 Bou II/III. 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, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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