. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 1G7 little more than ^ length of head. Pectoral 1 to IJ times as long as head, reaching beyond vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent or origin of anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales 31-32 j-^^ ; lateral lines l^Zig- Dark brown above, with or without very indistinct darker cross-bars, yellowish beneath ; a black opercular spot; fins brown or blackish, uniform or with oblique light Fi" Tilupia eduardkuia. Type. |. streaks
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 1G7 little more than ^ length of head. Pectoral 1 to IJ times as long as head, reaching beyond vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent or origin of anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales 31-32 j-^^ ; lateral lines l^Zig- Dark brown above, with or without very indistinct darker cross-bars, yellowish beneath ; a black opercular spot; fins brown or blackish, uniform or with oblique light Fi" Tilupia eduardkuia. Type. |. streaks on the soft dorsal ; young with a large ocellar spot on the anterior part of the soft dorsal. Total length 180 millim. Lake Albert Edward watershed of Mount Iluwenzori and Lake Gangu, west of l/ake Victoria. 1-G. Types. 7. Skel. 8-13. Yir. slope of Mt. Ruwenzori, 3200 ft. L. Gangu. R. B. Woosnam, Esq. (C.) ; Ruwenzori Expedition. R. B. Woosnam, Esq. (C.) ; Ruwenzori Expedition. C. M. Woodhouse, Esq. (P.), 12. TILAPIA VARIABILIS. Clivomis nilot'icus (non Linn.), Hil^end. Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. Bcrl, \>^f>?^, p. 7(1. Tilapia galilcva (non Artedi), Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvii. 1005, p. 183. Tilapia variabilis, Bonleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1006, p. 447, FUh. Nile, p. 529, fi<,'. (1907), and Ann. Mus. Genova, (3) v. 1911, p. 76. Depth of body 2i to 2 J times in total length, length of head 2§ to 3 times. Head 11 to 2 times as long as broad ; snout rounded, with. 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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