. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 150 Head nearly twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, with concave upper profile, slightly broader than long, about f postocular part of head; eye 5 times in length of head (3| times in young), twice (once in young) in interorbital width, equal to preeorbital depth ; mouth rather large, nearly f- width of head, extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth in 5 to 8 series (3 in young), 46 (young) to 90 in outer series of upper jaw*;


. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 150 Head nearly twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, with concave upper profile, slightly broader than long, about f postocular part of head; eye 5 times in length of head (3| times in young), twice (once in young) in interorbital width, equal to preeorbital depth ; mouth rather large, nearly f- width of head, extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth in 5 to 8 series (3 in young), 46 (young) to 90 in outer series of upper jaw*; 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 19 to 21 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI-XV1I11-12 ; last spine longest, |- length of head ; longest soft ray \ to -§• length of head. Anal IV 10-11 ; fourth spine longest, a little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral as long as or IV. Tilapxa hunteri. Type. f. a little shorter than head, reaching or nearly reaching vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. Scales cycloid, 34-36 -r-h^; lateral lines ,4—.- Dark brown, tinged with rusty; vertical fins and ventrals blackish. Total length 300 millim. Kilimanjaro. 1. Type, skin. Crater Lake, Kilimanjaro. H. C. V. Hunter, Esq. (P.). --J. Yg., and head L. Chala, E. of Kilimanjaro. A. Blayney Percival, Esq. of ad. (P.). * Some of the outer teeth conical in the adult. f ]n this and several of the following figures, one of the outer teeth of the upper jaw is represented, strongly magnified; in all the figures the enlargement is the same in proportion to the 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, Geor


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