. 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 ^^-^; lateral lines ^^. Dark olive ; vertical fins with some light spots, which may be confluent into two or three streaks Pi>. Tilujiki (juiiieensis. Ty
. 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 ^^-^; lateral lines ^^. Dark olive ; vertical fins with some light spots, which may be confluent into two or three streaks Pi>. Tilujiki (juiiieensis. Type. f. on the dorsal; the extremity of the fins blackish; a black opercular spot. Total length 190 millira. Ashantee. 1. Type. Ashantee. 2. Ad. Sacred Lake, Bucumachi, near G. Beddington, Esq. (P.). Kumasi E. 37. TILAPIA THOLLONT. Chromis tholloni, Sauv. Bidl. Soc. Zool. France, 1884, p. 196, pi. v. fig. 1. Tilapia tholloni, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 121, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 468 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 324. Depth of body 2f 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 part of head ; eye 3f to 4 times in length of head, 1^ to U times in interorbital width, equal 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, George Albert, 1858-1937. London, Printed by order of the Trustees [by Taylor and Francis]
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