. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPI A. 181 edged with bright ye]h)W, the former with round red spots forming regular series between the rays; caudal with small round red spots. Total length 240 millim. Lake Nyassa. 1-2. Types. L. Nyassfi. Capt. E. L. Rlioadcs (P.). 3. Skcl. 21. TILAPIA LEPIDURA. Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. IIG, and Poiss. Bass. Coiigo, p. 459 (1901) ; Pelk^gr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 3 90-1, p. 317. Depth of body 2|- to 2h times in total length, length of head 2| to 3 times. Hea
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPI A. 181 edged with bright ye]h)W, the former with round red spots forming regular series between the rays; caudal with small round red spots. Total length 240 millim. Lake Nyassa. 1-2. Types. L. Nyassfi. Capt. E. L. Rlioadcs (P.). 3. Skcl. 21. TILAPIA LEPIDURA. Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. IIG, and Poiss. Bass. Coiigo, p. 459 (1901) ; Pelk^gr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 3 90-1, p. 317. Depth of body 2|- to 2h times in total length, length of head 2| to 3 times. Head If to 1| times as long as broad; snout with convex Fig. Tilapia Uindura. Type, from Angola. ^. upper profile, broader than long, as long as or a little shorter than postocular part of head; eye of to 4 times in length of head, 1| to 2 times in interorbital width, equal to or a little less than pneorbital depth; mouth rather small, f width of head, extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth extremely slender, in 4 series, SO to 88 in outer series of upper jaw ; 2 or 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 17 to 20 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI 10-12; last spine longest, | to 13 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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