. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. PARATILAPIA. 335 times in interorbital width, and not less than depth of prasorbital; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye; teeth in 4 to 6 series, the outer, in the adult, large, unicuspid, and curved, the others small and all unicuspid or tricuspid, or a part unicuspid and a part tricuspid; in the young, outer teeth bicuspid, inner tricuspid; 3 to 5 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to or a little greater than
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. PARATILAPIA. 335 times in interorbital width, and not less than depth of prasorbital; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye; teeth in 4 to 6 series, the outer, in the adult, large, unicuspid, and curved, the others small and all unicuspid or tricuspid, or a part unicuspid and a part tricuspid; in the young, outer teeth bicuspid, inner tricuspid; 3 to 5 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to or a little greater than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, largest more or less distinctly T- or anvil-shaped in the adult, 9 or 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV-XVII 8-10 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures about ^ to | length of head ; longest soft rays \ to | length of head. Anal III 8-10; third spine as long as or a little shorter than last dorsal in the adult, often a little longer in the young. Fig. Paratilapia serranus. L. Victoria (F. N.). |. Pectoral § to nearly once length of head, not extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent or origin of anal in females, outer soft ray more or less produced in males. Caudal truncate, some- times obliquely and with the lower angle rounded. Caudal peduncle 1J to 2 times as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 33-45 j^j-5 ; lateral lines fio|. Olive-brown above, yellowish white beneath; usually two more or less distinct brown or black bands on each side, sometimes broken up, the upper from the nape to the upper side of the caudal peduncle, the lower from the black opercular spot to the root of the caudal fin; a dark vertical bar may be present below the eye ; young sometimes with ill-defined dark bars across the back ; some males with the belly blackish ; dorsal and caudal fins greyish, often with small round darker spots ; ventral and anal grey or blackish in males, bright. Please note that
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