. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. PAEATILAPIA. 351 27 lateral lines qt^^- Bronze-brown, with an indistinct darker band along each of the lateral lines; a dark spot at tlie base of the caudal; an ill- defined dark bar from the eye to the angle of the mouth; a bluish-black opercular spot ; a few dark dots on the soft dorsal and at the base of the anal and caudal; ventrals dark with light edge. Total length 100 millim. German South-AVest Africa.—Types in Berlin Museum. 33. PARATILAPIA CORBALI. Bonleng. Ann. &
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. PAEATILAPIA. 351 27 lateral lines qt^^- Bronze-brown, with an indistinct darker band along each of the lateral lines; a dark spot at tlie base of the caudal; an ill- defined dark bar from the eye to the angle of the mouth; a bluish-black opercular spot ; a few dark dots on the soft dorsal and at the base of the anal and caudal; ventrals dark with light edge. Total length 100 millim. German South-AVest Africa.—Types in Berlin Museum. 33. PARATILAPIA CORBALI. Bonleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) xii. 1913, p. 483. Depth of body 2| to 2J times in total length, length of head 2| times. Head twice as long as broad, with steep, nearly straight upper profile; snout rounded, as long as broad or a little broader than long. Fig. FarcUilapia corbali. Type. f. shorter than postocular part of head; eye as long as snout, 3J times in length of head, equal to interorbital width and exceeding pra3orbital depth ; mouth extending to below anterior boder of eye; teeth rather small,'in 5 or 6 series, 50 to 56 in outer series of upper jaw; 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to or a little less than. 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 [by Taylor and Francis]
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