. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. XENOTILAPIA.—GEAMMATOTR1A. 45; 2. XENOTILAPIA OBNATIPINNIS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. 1901, p. 3,Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 442 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Sop. xvi. 1901, p. 154, pi. xviii. fig. 2 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 370. Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 3£ to 3-| times in total length. Head as in the preceding. 15 to 17 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal X11I-XV 12-13; spines subequ
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. XENOTILAPIA.—GEAMMATOTR1A. 45; 2. XENOTILAPIA OBNATIPINNIS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. 1901, p. 3,Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 442 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Sop. xvi. 1901, p. 154, pi. xviii. fig. 2 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 370. Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 3£ to 3-| times in total length. Head as in the preceding. 15 to 17 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal X11I-XV 12-13; spines subequal from the fifth or sixth, f length of head. Anal III 7-8 ; third spine as long as longest dorsals. Pectoral as long as or a little longer than head. Ventral not reaching anal. Caudal deeply notched, crescentic. Caudal 3 peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales 34-37 ^; lateral lines 1* 4 28-32 (-18. 12 Fig. Xenotilajjin ornatipinnis. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1901). Pale brownish ; a more or less distinct silvery lateral band ; spinous dorsal black-edged ; large blackish spots or oblique bars on the dorsal; upper lobe of caudal edged with blackish : a chevron-shaped blackish band lower down on the caudal, disposed asymmetrically. Total length 110 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1-6. Types. Kibwesi. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (CV). 7. Skel. 24. GRAMMATOTRIA. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1899, p. 90, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 443 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 369. Body elongate ; scales ctenoid ; three incomplete lateral lines. Teeth conical, the outer moderately large, the inner minute and forming a. 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
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