. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 223 praeorbital depth; mouth § to £ width of head, extending to below anterior border of eye; teeth in 3 to 5 series, outer larger, 40 to 60 in upper jaw ; lateral teeth conical but passing generally into the bicuspid teeth ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 8 to 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XVI 8-10; last spine longest, f to ^ length of head, | to -f
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 223 praeorbital depth; mouth § to £ width of head, extending to below anterior border of eye; teeth in 3 to 5 series, outer larger, 40 to 60 in upper jaw ; lateral teeth conical but passing generally into the bicuspid teeth ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 8 to 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XVI 8-10; last spine longest, f to ^ length of head, | to -f longest soft rays. Anal III 7-S ; third spine as long as or a little shorter than longest dorsal. Pectoral f to -f length of head, Fis. Tilapia calliptera. Type, after Giinther (P. Z. S. 1893). 8. not extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent or origin of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 3-4 • 19—^2 Scales finely denticulate, 30-33 lli2; lateral lines j^-g Brown or olive, with more or less distinct dark and light spots on the soft dorsal and caudal fins ; a more or less distinct dark band from below the eye to the angle of the mouth, sometimes extending to the chin ; a dark opercular spot ; anal fin often with a few large round white spots ; ventrals black in males. Total length 140 millim. Lake Nyassa and Zambesi System. 1. Type. L. Nyassa. 2-4. Types. L. Nyassa and Upper Shire. Mr. J. A. Williams (().). Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). 5. Skel. 6—14. Types of C. subocularis. 15-16. Yg. 17. Hgr. 18. Type. Between Kondowe' and Karonga. Zomba. A. Whyte, Esq. ((,'.) ; Sir H. H. Johnston (P.).. 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
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