. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. o74 CICHLID^. 53. PARATILAPIA CALLIURA. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. 1901, p. 2, Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 422 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 151, pi. xix. fig. 3 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 2G9. Depth of body 4 to 4i times in total length, length of head 3 to 3 J times. Head 2^ times as long as broad, with straight or slightly convex upper profile ; lower jaw projecting ; snout pointed, as long as broad, as long as or a little shorter t
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. o74 CICHLID^. 53. PARATILAPIA CALLIURA. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. 1901, p. 2, Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 422 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 151, pi. xix. fig. 3 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 2G9. Depth of body 4 to 4i times in total length, length of head 3 to 3 J times. Head 2^ times as long as broad, with straight or slightly convex upper profile ; lower jaw projecting ; snout pointed, as long as broad, as long as or a little shorter than eye, which is 3 to H times in length of liead, and measures at least twice interorbital width or least prseorbital width ; mouth very protractile, prsemaxillary processes very long and extending to between orbits ; maxillary extending to below anterior Fig. Faratilapia culliura. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1901). fourth of eye ; teeth very small, in 2 series, about 80 in outer series of upper jaw; 2 or 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part about 5 diameter of eye. Gill-rakers moderately large, 15 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI-XVII 10; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures f to i length of head; longest soft rays f to f length of head. Anal III 7-8; third spine a little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral a little shorter than head. Ventral reaching vent. Caudal truncate or feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle 1-| times 2-8 9=10^ lateral as long as deep. Scales rather strongly denticulate, 37-40 lines J-^_ Pale brownish above, silvery beneath ; a blackish opercular spot, dorsal and anal edged with black ; 4 or 5 black bars across the caudal; young with black bars across the dorsal. Total length 110 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1-3. Types. Kalambo. Proi J. E. S. Moore (C). 4. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these ill
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