. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 174 CICHLID^. Chromis rangii, Rochebr. Actes Soc. Linn. Bord. (4) vi. 1883, p. 133. Tilapia mkrocephala, Boiileng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 114; Lonnb. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 41. Depth of body 2 to 2^ times in total length, length of head 2| to 3 times. Head If to 2 times as long as broad ; snout rounded, with straight or convex upper profile, as k)ng as broad or a little broader than long, f to f postocular part of head ; eye 3 (young) to 5 times in length of
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 174 CICHLID^. Chromis rangii, Rochebr. Actes Soc. Linn. Bord. (4) vi. 1883, p. 133. Tilapia mkrocephala, Boiileng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 114; Lonnb. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 41. Depth of body 2 to 2^ times in total length, length of head 2| to 3 times. Head If to 2 times as long as broad ; snout rounded, with straight or convex upper profile, as k)ng as broad or a little broader than long, f to f postocular part of head ; eye 3 (young) to 5 times in length of head, 1 (young) to If times interorbital width, much shorter than pncorbital depth in adult; mouth rather small, J to f width of head, extending to below nostril or a little beyond ; teeth in 3 (young) to Tilapia heudcloli 7 series, 40 (young) to 110 in outer series of upper jaw ; 2 or 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part not more than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 15 to 19 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV- XVI (rarely XIV or XVII) 11-13; spines subequal from the sixth, or last longest, f to ^ length of head; longest soft ray | to | length of head. Anal III 8-11; third spine y to | length of head. Pectoral 1^^ to 1-j times as long as head, reaching vertical of origin of anal, or beyond. Ventral reaching anal or vc^nt, or not quite so far. Caudal truncate or feebly but distinctly emarginate. Caudal peduncle deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 27-30 f^ijy; lateral lines ^'^^. Olive above, gol(lt\;. 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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