. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 402 CICHLID.€. 1. XENOTILAPIA SIMA. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1809, p. d2, pi. xix. fig. 5, Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 147, pi. liv. fig. 5 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 441 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 370 ; Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 190G, p. 5G9. Depth of body 3| to 4| times in total length, length of head 3 to 8| times. Snout very short and deep, with very steep convex upper profile ; eye very large, oval, 2^ times in length of head and
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 402 CICHLID.€. 1. XENOTILAPIA SIMA. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1809, p. d2, pi. xix. fig. 5, Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 147, pi. liv. fig. 5 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 441 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 370 ; Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 190G, p. 5G9. Depth of body 3| to 4| times in total length, length of head 3 to 8| times. Snout very short and deep, with very steep convex upper profile ; eye very large, oval, 2^ times in length of head and much exceeding interorbital width; mouth nearly straight, horizontal, extending to below anterior border of eye; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers very short, broad, truncate, 9 on lower part of anterior arch. ])orsaI XIV'-XV 12-14 ; spines subequal from the fifth, ^ length of head ; longest soft rays f length of head. Anal III 11-12 ; third spine as long as longest dorsals. Pectoral as long as head, extending beyond. Xenotilapia sima. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1899). vertical of origin of anal. Ventral extending a little beyond origin of anal. Caudal with deep crescentic notch. Caudal peduncle 1§ to 2 Q A times as long as deep. Scales strongly denticulate, 37-41 j^zn' lateral 35-36 lines 21-28. Brownish above, with or without a few large round darker "5-18 spots, whitish beneath ; a blackish opercular spot; a shining golden spot on the suboperculum ; dorsal greyish, other fins yellowish. Total length 150 millim. Lake Tanganyika—Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. One oE the typos. Moliro. Capt. Lemaire (C.). 2 Ad. Albertville. Capt. Hecq (C). :{. Sivcl. 4-5. Ad. Nianikolo. Dr. AV. A. Cunnington {C).. 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
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