. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 39 71. TTLAPIA MAliTINI. Bouleng. Ann. & Mao;. N. li. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 449, Fish. Nile, p. 514, pi. xci. fig. 2 (1907), and in Sclmbotz, Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Exped., Zool. iii. p. 255 (1914). Depth of body 2f to 3 times in total length, length of head 2f to 3 times ; body deepest at the nape. Head twice as long as broad; snout rounded, broader than long, profile descending in a steep oblique line, shorter than eye, which is 2f to 3 times in length af
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 39 71. TTLAPIA MAliTINI. Bouleng. Ann. & Mao;. N. li. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 449, Fish. Nile, p. 514, pi. xci. fig. 2 (1907), and in Sclmbotz, Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Exped., Zool. iii. p. 255 (1914). Depth of body 2f to 3 times in total length, length of head 2f to 3 times ; body deepest at the nape. Head twice as long as broad; snout rounded, broader than long, profile descending in a steep oblique line, shorter than eye, which is 2f to 3 times in length af head, exceeds interorbital width, and equals twice least depth of prseorbital; mouth not very oblique, extending to below anterior third of eye ; teeth small, in 3 or 4 series, 40 to 70 in outer series of upper jaw ; 4 or 5 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to or less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, some T-shaped, 8 or 9 on lower part of anterior Fig. In8, ^*&\: ^^^. Tilapla martini. Type (F. N.). arch. Dorsal XV-XVI 8-10 ; spines equal from the eighth or ninth, f to I length of head ; longest soft rays ^ to f length of head. Anal III 8-9 ; third spine as long as and stronger than longest dorsal. Pectoral as long as head, reacliing beyond vertical of origin of an;d. Ventral reaching origin of anal or a little beyond. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 32-33 jl^fs ; lateral lines J^. Yellowish oUve above, white beneath ; a dark vertical bar below the eye and one or three cross-bars on the head often present; a blackish opercular spot; a blackish stripe may extend from the latter to the root of the caudal fin, as well as a second, more or less distinct, higher up on the side of the iDack ; some specimens imiform dark grey or brownish; dorsal and anal fins greyish, with more or less distinct round darker spots; pectoral and anal fins yellow, the. Please note that these images are extracted from
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