. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 354 CICHLID^E. as long as deep or slightly deeper than long. Scales finely denticulate, 33-34 yi ; lateral lines j^f7. Dark brown above, white beneath; a black opercular spot; vertical fins with round black spots; paired fins whitish, ventrals black in the males. Total length 255 millhn. Zambesi near Victoria Falls.—Type in S. African Museum. 1-2. Ad. Kafue R. Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.).. Paratilapia carlottce. Type (Anu. S. Afr. Mus. 1905). 36
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 354 CICHLID^E. as long as deep or slightly deeper than long. Scales finely denticulate, 33-34 yi ; lateral lines j^f7. Dark brown above, white beneath; a black opercular spot; vertical fins with round black spots; paired fins whitish, ventrals black in the males. Total length 255 millhn. Zambesi near Victoria Falls.—Type in S. African Museum. 1-2. Ad. Kafue R. Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.).. Paratilapia carlottce. Type (Anu. S. Afr. Mus. 1905). 36. PARATILAPIA GIBBICEPS. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xviii. 1911, p. 411, pi. xliii. fig. 1. Depth of body 2\ times in total length, length of head 3-g- to 3y times. Head nearly twice as long as broad, upper profile very convex above the eye ; snout rounded, a little broader than long, shorter than postocular part of head ; eye 4^ to 4J times in length of head, 1 j times in interorbital width, equal to prasorbital depth; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye; teeth in outer series rather small, about 60 in upper jaw, followed by 2 series of minute teeth; 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part a little greater than diameter of eye. Lower pharyngeal teeth with spherical crowns. Gill-rakers short, posterior T-shaped, 10 or 11 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal. 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 : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Museum (Natural History)
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