. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. WSm wmSm wSM. Paretroplus pnlyactis. Tatnatave. 2. PARETROPLUS POLYACTIS. Bleek. Vers]. Ak. Auisterd. xii. 1878. p. 195, pi. iii. fig. 2 ; Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 446, pis. xliv. a. fig. 7, and xliv. B. fig. 2 (1891) ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 142; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. Fiance, xvi. 1904, p. 359. I'aretroplus damii (non Bleek.), Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lxxxii. i. 1880, p. 247. Depth of body If to 2 times in total length, leng
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. WSm wmSm wSM. Paretroplus pnlyactis. Tatnatave. 2. PARETROPLUS POLYACTIS. Bleek. Vers]. Ak. Auisterd. xii. 1878. p. 195, pi. iii. fig. 2 ; Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 446, pis. xliv. a. fig. 7, and xliv. B. fig. 2 (1891) ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 142; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. Fiance, xvi. 1904, p. 359. I'aretroplus damii (non Bleek.), Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lxxxii. i. 1880, p. 247. Depth of body If to 2 times in total length, length of head 3 times. Head 2 to 2j times as long as broad ; snout strongly compressed, 1^ times as long as eye, which is 4 to 4J times in length of head and 1^ to 1^ times in interorbital width ; mouth extending to between nostril and eye; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, depth of scaly part equal to or a little less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 11 or 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV1-XVII1 17-18 ; last spine. 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)
Size: 2268px × 1102px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorbri, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectfishes
