. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 265 93. TILAPIA BOOPS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. 1901, p. 5, Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 47G (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 158, pi. xix. fig. 5. Oplithalmotilapia hoops, Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 3l5. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3J to 3J times in total length. Head twice as longas broad; snout short and rounded, with strongly convex upper profile, broader than long, as long as postocular part of head ; eye 2J times in
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 265 93. TILAPIA BOOPS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. 1901, p. 5, Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 47G (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 158, pi. xix. fig. 5. Oplithalmotilapia hoops, Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 3l5. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3J to 3J times in total length. Head twice as longas broad; snout short and rounded, with strongly convex upper profile, broader than long, as long as postocular part of head ; eye 2J times in length of head, a little exceeding inter- orbital width, more than twice as long as least prseorbital depth ; mouth small, subinferior, f width of head, not extending quite to below anterior border of eye; teeth very small, tricuspid, in 3 series, about 70 in outer scries of upper jaw ; 2 or 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly Fig. Tdajjia boops. Type(Tr, Z. S. 1901). part not half diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 13 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XII-XIII14; spines feeble, equal in length from the seventh, which measures nearly J length of head ; soft rays scarcely longer. Anal III 8-9; third spine as long as and stronger than dorsals. Pectoral as long as head, reaching origin, of anal. Ventral produced into a filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal with deep crcscentic notch. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 39-40 ]jz[^; lateral lines j^^z^- Brown above, white beneath; a blackish opercular spot. Total length 90 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1-2. Types. Msamlni. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C).. 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. [
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