. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 506 Annals of the South African Museum. of upper jaw ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part nearly equal to diameter of eye. Grill-rakers short, 7 to 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal xiii-xv 9-11 ; last spine longest, -f- to ^ length of head ; longest soft rays | to f. Anal iii 8-9 ; 3rd spine as long as last dorsal. Pectoral shorter than head, not extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent or anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scale
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 506 Annals of the South African Museum. of upper jaw ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part nearly equal to diameter of eye. Grill-rakers short, 7 to 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal xiii-xv 9-11 ; last spine longest, -f- to ^ length of head ; longest soft rays | to f. Anal iii 8-9 ; 3rd spine as long as last dorsal. Pectoral shorter than head, not extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent or anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales cycloid or very finely denticulate, 27-30 -~ ; lateral lines 1 '^ ^5. Olive-brown, with or without faint darker vertical bars ; a black opercular spot; dorsal and anal edged with black, and with dark and light spots, or with black streaks ; outer ventral rays black or blackish. Total length 100 millim. Angola, Bechuanaland, Rhodesia, Katanga, Lake ; 21. *TlLAPIA WOOSNAMI, Blgr. Bouleng., Trans. Zool. Soc., xviii, 1911, p. 417, pi. xliii, fig. 2 ; and Freshw. Fish. Africa, iii, p. 212, fig. 137 (1915).. — ••."'' • --. '; .'» "-__^i''' -- ,^/W-i-'1 w FIG. 132.—Tilapia woosnami. Type. |. "Depth of body 2f times in total length, length of head 3 times. Head twice as long as broad ; snout obtusely pointed, as long as post, orbital part of head, as long as broad, with slightly convex upper profile ; eye 4^ times in length of head, equal to width of interorbital region or depth of preorbital; mouth moderate, f width of head- extending to between nostril and eye ; teeth in outer row rather large,. 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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