. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. PAEATILAPIA. 361 stripe along each side, either from the gill-cover to the base of the caudal or from below the origin of the dorsal, above the lateral line, to the base of the caudal; a blackish spot on each side of the snout and another on the operculum ; fins whitish or greyish, dorsal often with brown spots. Total length 240 millim. Lake Nyassa and Upper Shire River. 1. Skin, type. 2. Skin, one of the types o£ C laterislriga. 3. Ad. 4. Skel. 5-6. Ad. 7. Ad. L. N yassa. U
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. PAEATILAPIA. 361 stripe along each side, either from the gill-cover to the base of the caudal or from below the origin of the dorsal, above the lateral line, to the base of the caudal; a blackish spot on each side of the snout and another on the operculum ; fins whitish or greyish, dorsal often with brown spots. Total length 240 millim. Lake Nyassa and Upper Shire River. 1. Skin, type. 2. Skin, one of the types o£ C laterislriga. 3. Ad. 4. Skel. 5-6. Ad. 7. Ad. L. N yassa. Upper Shird. Fig. 245. Sir J. Kh-k (0.). Dr. Livingstone ((J.) ; Earl Russell (P.). Prof. J. E. (C). Capt. E. L. Rhoades (P.). Dr. Percy Rendall (C.); Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). â $i-:'^. Paratilapia rhoadesit. Type. 4:2. PARATILAPIA RHOADESII. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. K H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 239. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3 times in total length. Head twice as long as broad, with curved upper profile; lower jaw not or but slightly projecting; snout rounded, as long as broad, as long as postocular part of head ; eye 5 to 5f times in length of head, 2 to 2|- times in length of snout, 1^ to If times in interorbital width, f prte- orbital depth ; mouth not extending to below anterior border of eye ;. 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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