. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 246 77. TIL APIA AURATA. Chromis auratus, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) xix, 1897, p. 155. TUapia aurata, Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soe. xv. 1898, p. 4, and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 137, pi. xii. fig. 3 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soe. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 343. Depth of body 3f times in total length, length of head of times. Head twice as long as broad, with strongly curved upper profile ; snout as long as broad, shorter than postocnlar part of head ; eye 4 times in leng
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 246 77. TIL APIA AURATA. Chromis auratus, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) xix, 1897, p. 155. TUapia aurata, Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soe. xv. 1898, p. 4, and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 137, pi. xii. fig. 3 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soe. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 343. Depth of body 3f times in total length, length of head of times. Head twice as long as broad, with strongly curved upper profile ; snout as long as broad, shorter than postocnlar part of head ; eye 4 times in length of head, slightly greater than interorbital width, equal to least depth of prteorbital; mouth small, | width of head, extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth rather small, in 5 or 6 series, 42 in outer series of upper jaw ; 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers very short, 8 on lower part IV. fT TUapia auraia. Type (P. Z. S. 1899) of anterior arch. Dorsal XIX 6 ; spines subequal from the fourth, f length of head, -| longest soft rays. Anal III 6 ; third spine as long as longest dorsals. Pectoral f length of head, not extending to origin of anal. \^entral reaching vent. Caudal truncate, densely scaled. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. Scales finely denticulate, 34 -^ ; lateral lines ^. Bright golden yellow, with three black stripes, one along the side of the body from the eye to the base of the caudal, a second above the upper lateral line from the occiput to the caudal peduncle, and a third along the dorsal fin; two curved black bands across the snout from eye to eye; a few black spots on the upper part of the caudal fin. Total length 75 millim. Lake Nyassa. 1. Type. Monkey Bay, W. Coast of L. Nyassa. G. H. Pigott, Esq. (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
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