. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 308 CICHLKLE. dark or ocellar spots forming single series between the rays ; pectorals greyish olive; ventrals greyish olive or blackish. Total length 220 millim. Lake Ngami Basin.âType lost. 1-3. Ad. Okovango It. R. B. Woosnam, Esq. (C). 4. 5. Skel. 39. PARATILAPIA MELLANDI. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 1905, p. 646. Depth of body 2\ to 2f times in total length, length of head 3 times. Head a little over twice as long as broad; snout
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 308 CICHLKLE. dark or ocellar spots forming single series between the rays ; pectorals greyish olive; ventrals greyish olive or blackish. Total length 220 millim. Lake Ngami Basin.âType lost. 1-3. Ad. Okovango It. R. B. Woosnam, Esq. (C). 4. 5. Skel. 39. PARATILAPIA MELLANDI. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 1905, p. 646. Depth of body 2\ to 2f times in total length, length of head 3 times. Head a little over twice as long as broad; snout obtusely pointed, with Fig. Paraiilapia mellandi. Type. J. straight upper profile, as long as broad, as long as postocular part of head, 1^ to 1| times as long as eye, which is 4 to 4J times in length of head, and equals interorbital width or prseorbital depth ; mouth moderate, extending to between nostril and eye; teeth in 3 or 4 series, outer largest, 36 to 50 in upper jaw; 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to diameter of eye or a little more. Lower pharyngeal teeth with spherical crowns. Gill-rakers short, 10 to 13 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV 13-14; spines increasing in length to the seventh or to the last, which measures â §â to nearly -J length of head ; longest soft rays about § length of head. Anal III 9-10 ;. 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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