. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 51 4 Annul* i>f l/ir tin/i/li African HAPLOCHKOMIS MOFFATI, Cast. Clin>i>ri/x Htuflati, Cast., Mem. Poiss. Ai'r. , p. 1G (18(11 ). Chroinis (Ctenochromis) phi/amler, M. Weber, Syst., x, 1897, p 148. Paratilapia mojfati, Bouleng., Proc. Zuol. Soc., 1898, p. 1 to ; Pellegr., Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi, 191)4, p. 259. Tilapiaphilander, Bouleug., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1899, p. 136 ; Pellegr., , p. 340. Haplochromis moffati, Bouleng., Fish. Nile, 504 (1907), Trans. Zool. Soc.,
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 51 4 Annul* i>f l/ir tin/i/li African HAPLOCHKOMIS MOFFATI, Cast. Clin>i>ri/x Htuflati, Cast., Mem. Poiss. Ai'r. , p. 1G (18(11 ). Chroinis (Ctenochromis) phi/amler, M. Weber, Syst., x, 1897, p 148. Paratilapia mojfati, Bouleng., Proc. Zuol. Soc., 1898, p. 1 to ; Pellegr., Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi, 191)4, p. 259. Tilapiaphilander, Bouleug., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1899, p. 136 ; Pellegr., , p. 340. Haplochromis moffati, Bouleng., Fish. Nile, 504 (1907), Trans. Zool. Soc., xviii, 1911, p. 415, and Freslnv. Fish. Africa, iii, p. 300, fig. '204 (1915) ; Schreitmiiller, Bl. Aq. Terr. K., xxiii, 1912, p. 724, ••••AAAA^YAA M^MM .., - FIG. 138.— Haplochromis moffati. Teeth iu three or four scries, outer larger and conical or more or less distinctly bicuspid, inner usually tncuspid, sometimes conical. Depth of body equal to or a little less than length of head, which is 2£ to 3 times in total length excluding caudal. Snout with straight or slightly convex upper profile, longer than eye, which is 3^- to 4| times in length of head and equals or is slightly greater than interorbital width ; maxillary extending to below nostril or between nostril and eye; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, depth of scaly part equal to or a little less or a little more than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 8 to 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal xiii-xiv (rarely xv) 9-11 ; spines subequal or increasing in length posteriorly, the last $ t° !v length of head ; longest soft rays 2 to § length of head. Pectoral ? to ^ length of head, not reaching. 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.
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