. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 358 :. (lark or ocellar spots forming single scn-ies between the rays ; pectorals greyish olive ; ventrals greyisli olive or blackish. U otal length 220 millim. Lake Ngami Bnsin.âType lost. 1-:'.. Ad. Okovanao 1{. R. B. Woosnani, Esq. (('.). 4. :>. Skcl. PAUATILAPIA MELLANDI. J^ouifMicr. Aim. Si Mng. N. H. (7) xvi. 190.'). p. (UC. DeiHli of body 2?^ to 2§ times in total length, length of head 3 times. Head a little over twice as long as broad; snout obtusely poi
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 358 :. (lark or ocellar spots forming single scn-ies between the rays ; pectorals greyish olive ; ventrals greyisli olive or blackish. U otal length 220 millim. Lake Ngami Bnsin.âType lost. 1-:'.. Ad. Okovanao 1{. R. B. Woosnani, Esq. (('.). 4. :>. Skcl. PAUATILAPIA MELLANDI. J^ouifMicr. Aim. Si Mng. N. H. (7) xvi. 190.'). p. (UC. DeiHli of body 2?^ to 2§ times in total length, length of head 3 times. Head a little over twice as long as broad; snout obtusely pointed, with Y\cr. 243. .'^â ^^K<^<. PuratiUipia rnclUindl. Typp. ^. straight upper profile, as long as broad, as long as postocular part of head. 1 ?j to H times as long as eye, which is 4 to 4J times in length of head, and equals int(a-orbital width or prseorbital depth; mouth moderate, extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth in 3 or 4 series, outer largest, oG 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 f to nearly 7V length of head; longest soft rays about f 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, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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