. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. ASPROTILAPIA, 279 caudal region ; scales ctenoid ; two incomplete lateral lines. Teeth small, with long slender shafts and expanded tricuspid crowns, in two series in both jaws. Mouth inferior, transverse ; greater part of maxillary bone concealed under the prseorbital. Dorsal with 14 spines, anal with 3. Parietal and occipital crests moderately strong, extending to between the orbits. Vertebrae 35 (16-|-19). Lake Tanganyika, Connected witli Tilapia through T. lnnj)s. 1. ASPUOTI
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. ASPROTILAPIA, 279 caudal region ; scales ctenoid ; two incomplete lateral lines. Teeth small, with long slender shafts and expanded tricuspid crowns, in two series in both jaws. Mouth inferior, transverse ; greater part of maxillary bone concealed under the prseorbital. Dorsal with 14 spines, anal with 3. Parietal and occipital crests moderately strong, extending to between the orbits. Vertebrae 35 (16-|-19). Lake Tanganyika, Connected witli Tilapia through T. lnnj)s. 1. ASPUOTILAPIA LEPTURA. Bouleng. 11. cc, Tr. pi. xx. fig. 2 ; Pellegr. t. c. p. 35-i. Depth of body 5 times in total length, length of head 3| to 4 times. Head twice as long as broad; snout as long as broad, subconic;il, btrongly projecting beyond the mouth, J length of head; eye very Fig. AsprotUapia Jeptura.* Type (Tr. Z. S. 1901). f. large, as long as snout and nearly twice interorbital width, 2? to 2^^ times in length of head ; width of mouth f that of head ; 3G to 40 teeth in outer row of upper jaw; 3 series of small scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers very short, tubercle-like, 15 or 16 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV 14 ; spines slender and subequal, f length of head ; soft rays a little longer. Anal III 8; third spine nearly as long as dorsals. Pectoral a little shorter than head. Ventral reaching vent, ('audal deeply emarginate, crescentic. Caudal peduncle 3 times ns long as deep. Scales strongly denticulate, 38 q; lateral lines oq. Brown, darker on the snout and vertex; a blackish opercular spot; fins greyish. Total length 110 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1. Typo. Msainbn. Prof, .1. E. S. :\roore (C). 2. Ad. L. Tanfranvika. .3. Skel. „ .,. 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
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