. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 294 bej'ond. Ventral reaching origin of anal or a little beyond. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1| times as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 31-34 nrnjl lateral lines jjji^- Females pale olive- brown above, silvery white below; a brown or black opercular spot; a brown vertical bar sometimes present below the anterior third of the eye; ill-defined, barely distinguishable, dark cross-bars on the back ; dorsal and caudal fins greyish, with or without r
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 294 bej'ond. Ventral reaching origin of anal or a little beyond. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1| times as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 31-34 nrnjl lateral lines jjji^- Females pale olive- brown above, silvery white below; a brown or black opercular spot; a brown vertical bar sometimes present below the anterior third of the eye; ill-defined, barely distinguishable, dark cross-bars on the back ; dorsal and caudal fins greyish, with or without round darker spots ; ventral and anal fins bright yellow, the former sometimes blackish on the outer border, the latter sometimes with two large orange ocellar spots ; lower half of caudal fin sometimes bright yellow. Males darker, grey or blackish on the belly; two dark bars across the snout; doi-sal Fig. I/cq^lochromis ishmaeli. Type (P. N.). fin grey, the soft portion with round light spots ; ventral fins black ; two to four large orange ocellar spots on the anal fin. Total length 130 millim. Lake Victoria and Victoria Nile. Bnniiiko. l-:i, 10. Types. 11. Skel. 12. Type. n, 14-1,5. Ad. 14-17. Hgr. &yg. Entebbe. Buddn Coast o£ L. Victoria. Kisumu Buy, Kavirondo. 18-22. Ad. & hgr. Jinja, Ripon Fall. 23. Skel. 24. Skel. Mr. E. Degen (C). Mr. M. Simon (C). A. Blayney Percival, Esq. (P.). (0.); Genoa Museum (P.). Kakindu, Victoria 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 Trustees [by Taylor and Francis]
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