. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 3G8 Caudal with deep crescentic notch. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales denticulate, 36-38 j^j:^; lateral lines jf^, the upper extending to the caudal peduncle, or to the root of the caudal. Grey or olive above, white beneath ; four yellow stripes along each side ; pectorals yellowish, other fins dark grey or blackish. Total length 100 millim. Lake Tanganyika.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. One of the types. Moliro. Cnpt. Leinaire (C). 2. Ad. S
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 3G8 Caudal with deep crescentic notch. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales denticulate, 36-38 j^j:^; lateral lines jf^, the upper extending to the caudal peduncle, or to the root of the caudal. Grey or olive above, white beneath ; four yellow stripes along each side ; pectorals yellowish, other fins dark grey or blackish. Total length 100 millim. Lake Tanganyika.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. One of the types. Moliro. Cnpt. Leinaire (C). 2. Ad. Siinihu. ])r. W. A. Cunnington (C). 3. Ad. Lofu R. F]>. ParaUJapiu furcifera. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1898). 48. PARATILAPIA FURC'IFKRA. Buuleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 14, pl. iv. fig. 1, and I\) Bas;--. Congo, p. 425 (IWl) ; Pollegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. Franco, xvi. 1904, p. 273; Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. wii. 1900, p. 5(]:i. Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 3 times in total length. Head twice as long as broad ; snout with curved ui)per profile, rounded, broarlcr than long, as long as or a little shorter thau postocular {)art of head, as long as or a little shorter than eye, which is lis to 3 times \u. 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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