. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. PAEATILAPIA. 333 Caudal peduncle 1| to 2 times as long as deep. Scales feebly den- ticulate, 33-40 jT7ij4 > lateral lines 7^. Olive to emerald-green above, silvery white beneath, with or without a blackish lateral band, or uniform dark brown; a small blackish opercular spot; dorsal and caudal fins grey to dark brown, sometimes with small round darker. Paratilapia longirostris. Bunjako (F. N.). f. spots; ventral fin yellow in the female, black
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. PAEATILAPIA. 333 Caudal peduncle 1| to 2 times as long as deep. Scales feebly den- ticulate, 33-40 jT7ij4 > lateral lines 7^. Olive to emerald-green above, silvery white beneath, with or without a blackish lateral band, or uniform dark brown; a small blackish opercular spot; dorsal and caudal fins grey to dark brown, sometimes with small round darker. Paratilapia longirostris. Bunjako (F. N.). f. spots; ventral fin yellow in the female, black in the male; anal fin uniform yellow in the female, deep orange, with one to three large ocellar spots encircled with red, in the male. Total length 230 millira. Lake Victoria and Victoria Nile.—Type in Berlin Museum. 1-7, 8. Ad. & hgr. 9-13. Ad. & yg. 14. Skel. 15. Hgr. 16-17. Ad. & yg. 18. Ad. 19-20. Hgr. & yg. Bunjako. Entebbe. Buganga. Sesse Ids. Jinja, Ripon Falls. Bululo, L. Kioga. Mr. E. Degen (C). Dr. E. Bayon (C.) ; Genoa Museum (P.). 17. PARATILAPIA PROGNATHA. Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvii. 1905, p. 181, pi. xvi. fig. 4; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 469, pi. lxxxvi. fig. 3 (1907); Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xxh. 1910, p. 288 ; Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Genova, (3) v. 1911. p. 65. Paratilapia serranus, part., Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901, ii. p. 161. Intermediate between P. serranus and P. longirostris. Distinguished from the former by the strongly projecting lower jaw and pointed chin,. 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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