. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. LMO 80. TILAPIA JOHNSTONII. ChroDiisJoJindoiii, Giiiitli. Pfoc. Zool. Soc. \S^)'.], p. G22, pi. liv. fig. A. C/ironiis si(hocular/'s, [nirfc., Giinth. t. c. p. ()2l, fig. 13. T'dapia jolinstoiil, part., Boulcng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 4, and Pioc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. i;k). 'ta jo/iiistoiti, part., Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 30!). Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 2f to 3| times in totil length. Hfad twice as long as broad
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. LMO 80. TILAPIA JOHNSTONII. ChroDiisJoJindoiii, Giiiitli. Pfoc. Zool. Soc. \S^)'.], p. G22, pi. liv. fig. A. C/ironiis si(hocular/'s, [nirfc., Giinth. t. c. p. ()2l, fig. 13. T'dapia jolinstoiil, part., Boulcng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 4, and Pioc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. i;k). 'ta jo/iiistoiti, part., Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 30!). Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 2f to 3| times in totil length. Hfad twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, with straight ujiper profile, as long as broad, as long as postocular part of head ; eye 3h to 4 times in length of head, equal to or somewhat greater than interorbital width, exceeding praeorbital depth; mouth rather small, f width of head, extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth in 4 or -j. Tilapla joJinstonii. Type, after Giiuther (P. Z. S. 1S93). Series, outer moderately large and bicuspid, 40 to 50 in upper jaw, separated by a considerable interspace from the others, which are very minute and mostly conical; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers bhort, 11 or 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV-XVl 10-11; last spine longest, | to h length of head, J to | longest soft rays. Anal III 8-0 ; third spine a little shorter than longest dorsal. Pectoral as long as or a little shorter than head, rcacliing vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent or anal. Caudal slightly notched, with rounded corners. Caudal pedu\icle 1^ to 1^> tinu's as long as deep. Scales distinctly denticulate, 32-33-,-|~"[.,; lateral lines ''[^ ~^l'.. Pale olive, with G or 7 more or less. 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
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