. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. PAEATILAPIA. 331 1| times as long as deep. Scales finely denticulate, 33-35 j^io'^ lateral ''0â"^1 lines Y(^^. Olive above, whitish beneath; a blackish stripe on each side above the upper lateral line and another from the opercular spot to the root of the caudal fin ; sometimes a blackish bar below the eye ; dorsal, anal, and caudal fins greyish or blackish, ventrals black in the male. Total length 120 millira. Lake Kivu. 1-3. Types. â 4. Skel. 5. Ad, L. Kivu. Prof. J. E. S
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. PAEATILAPIA. 331 1| times as long as deep. Scales finely denticulate, 33-35 j^io'^ lateral ''0â"^1 lines Y(^^. Olive above, whitish beneath; a blackish stripe on each side above the upper lateral line and another from the opercular spot to the root of the caudal fin ; sometimes a blackish bar below the eye ; dorsal, anal, and caudal fins greyish or blackish, ventrals black in the male. Total length 120 millira. Lake Kivu. 1-3. Types. â 4. Skel. 5. Ad, L. Kivu. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). it Dr. H. Schubotz (C.) ; German C. African Expedition, 15. PARATILAPIA COMPRESSICEPS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 240. Depth of body 3 times in total length, length of head 2^ times. Head 4 times as long as broad, with slightly concave upper profile; lower jaw projecting, chin pointed; snout twice as long as broad, Fig. Paratilajna compresslcei^s. Type. |. longer than postocular part of head, a little over twice as long as eye, which is 5J times in length of head, equals interorbital width, and J .piceorbital depth; mouth very oblique, widely separated from vertical of anterior border of eye; teeth in 3 i^eiies, outer large and widely. 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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