. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. SIMOCHEOMIS. 275 and transverse when closed ; maxillary concealed under the praeorbital. Dorsal with 17-19 spines, anal with 3. Vertebrse 32 (15-1-17). Intermediate between Tilapia and Tropheus. As pointed out by Pellegrin, this genus is connected with Tilapia through T. wilUamsii. 1. SIMOCHROMIS DIAGRAMMA. Chrom'is diagnimina^ Giiiith. Proc, Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 632, pi. Iviii. fig. 3. Sbnochromls diaglramma, Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 19, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 45
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. SIMOCHEOMIS. 275 and transverse when closed ; maxillary concealed under the praeorbital. Dorsal with 17-19 spines, anal with 3. Vertebrse 32 (15-1-17). Intermediate between Tilapia and Tropheus. As pointed out by Pellegrin, this genus is connected with Tilapia through T. wilUamsii. 1. SIMOCHROMIS DIAGRAMMA. Chrom'is diagnimina^ Giiiith. Proc, Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 632, pi. Iviii. fig. 3. Sbnochromls diaglramma, Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 19, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 451 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1901, p. 307 ; Boiileng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 571. Depth of body 2\ to o times in total length, length of head 3^ to '6h Fig. tSiDwchrumis diagrainma. Pembe. f. times. Head massive, rounded, not twice as long as broad ; snout broader than long, with convex upper profile; eye 3 to 3J times in length of head, about 1^ times in interorbital width ; mouth with thick upper lip, extending to below anterior border of eye or not quite so far ; 8 to 10 series of teelh in each jaw ; 4 series of scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers short, 12 or 13 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVII-XIX 9-10 ; spines increasing in length to the sixth or seventh, M-hich measures | to J length of head ; longest soft rays about § length of head. Anal III 7-9; third spine as long as and stronger than. 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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