. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. ooU 21-2G. Ad. & yg. 27. Yg. 28-31. Ad. & yg. 32-36. Hgr. & yg. 37. Yg. 38-42. Yo-. L. Bangvvelu. Lofoi, Katanga. Okovango U., near L. Nganii. MossameJes. Tala Kilau, Mossamedes. Dongwenna, ,, F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). Capt. Leiuaire (C). \{. B. Woosnani, Esq. (P.). Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 14. PARATILAPIA YITTATA. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. 1901, p. 1, Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 415 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 150, pi. xviii. fig. 1 ;
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. ooU 21-2G. Ad. & yg. 27. Yg. 28-31. Ad. & yg. 32-36. Hgr. & yg. 37. Yg. 38-42. Yo-. L. Bangvvelu. Lofoi, Katanga. Okovango U., near L. Nganii. MossameJes. Tala Kilau, Mossamedes. Dongwenna, ,, F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). Capt. Leiuaire (C). \{. B. Woosnani, Esq. (P.). Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 14. PARATILAPIA YITTATA. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. 1901, p. 1, Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 415 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 150, pi. xviii. fig. 1 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 2G3. Depth of body 3 to 3^ times in total length, length of head 3^ to 3^ times. Head 2| to 3 times as long as broad, with curved upper profile; lower jaw projecting; snout longer than broad, a little shorter than postocular part of head, IJ to If times length of eye, which is 4 to 4| times in length of head, equals interorbital width, and a little exceeds prseorbital depth ; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye; teeth in 3 or 4 series, outer much larger than the others, about 50 in upper jaw; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 10 to 1:^ on lower part of Fig. liiP^ Paratiliqna vittuta, Type(Tr. Z. S. 1901). anterior arch. Dorsal XV-XV^l 8-9; spines subcqual from the seventh or eighth, about J length of head and f longest soft rays. Anal III 8-0 ; third spine as long as longest dorsals. Pectoral about f length of head, not extending quite to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent or origin of anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle. 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, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote,
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