. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 202 like the dorsal. Pectoral a little longer than head, not extending quite to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral produced, reaching origin of anal or beyond. Caudal feebly emarginate, the outer rays somewhat pro- duced. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or a little deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 30-31 j^^^^; lateral lines ^^En- Uark olive ; vertical fins with some light spots, which may be confiuent into two or three streaks Fijr. 128. Tdapla (juineensis. Type. f.
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 202 like the dorsal. Pectoral a little longer than head, not extending quite to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral produced, reaching origin of anal or beyond. Caudal feebly emarginate, the outer rays somewhat pro- duced. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or a little deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 30-31 j^^^^; lateral lines ^^En- Uark olive ; vertical fins with some light spots, which may be confiuent into two or three streaks Fijr. 128. Tdapla (juineensis. Type. f. on the dorsal; the extremity of the fins blackish; a black opercular spot. Total length 190 millim. Ashantee. 1. Type. Ashantee. Sacred Lake, Bucuinachi, near C. BedJington, Esq. (P.). Kumasi P. 2. Ad. 37. TILAPIA THOLLONl. Chromis tholloni, v'^auv. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1^81, p. 19G, \)\. v. fig. 1. Tilapia tholloni, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 18'J9, p. 121, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 468 (1901) ; Pcllegr. Mem. Soc Zool. France, xvi. 1901, p. 324. ])epth of body 2g to 2f times in total length, length of head 3 times. Head nearly twice as long as broad; snout with straight upper profile, a little broader than long, as long as postocular i)art of head ; eye 3J to 1 times in length of head, IvJ to I A tinier in intcrorbilal witlth, etpiul to. 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, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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