. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 482 Annals of the South African Museum. n vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching to vent. Anal iii 11 ; 3rd spine not quite i length of head. Caudal rounded; caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales cycloid, 311|, lateral lines ff. Colour (of preserved specimen), dark brownish black above, lightish beneath ; a dark opercular spot and 2 or 3 ill-defined black spots on the side below upper lateral line ; soft dorsal and anal fins with light and dark spots between their FIG. 119.—Tilapia kafu
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 482 Annals of the South African Museum. n vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching to vent. Anal iii 11 ; 3rd spine not quite i length of head. Caudal rounded; caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales cycloid, 311|, lateral lines ff. Colour (of preserved specimen), dark brownish black above, lightish beneath ; a dark opercular spot and 2 or 3 ill-defined black spots on the side below upper lateral line ; soft dorsal and anal fins with light and dark spots between their FIG. 119.—Tilapia kafuensis. Type. -|. One specimen, 298 mm. in length, from Bulawayo (Mr. F. D. ). It is also reported from the Kafue River arid from the Zambesi. 2. TILAPIA INTERMEDIA, n. sp. Teeth slender, closely set, in 3 series on each jaw, 40-50 in outer series on upper jaw. Depth of body 2f to 2f times in total length excluding caudal, length of head 2f times. Head 1| to twice as long as broad; snout with straight upper profile, as long as broad, shorter than postocular part of head; eye 4 to 4TV times in length of head, | to | interorbital width, slightly longer than preorbital depth ; width .of mouth about i width of head, extending to behind nostril; scales on cheek in 2 to 3 series, width of scaly part about equal to or a little less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers moderate, about 23 on lower part of anterior 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 South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ]
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