. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 209 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 Bangweki. 'I'ype in \'ienna Museum. Fig. Tilapia ovalis. L. Bangvvelu. 1. Yg. (Jliiringa, Rhodesia. 2-3. Hgr. Lofoi, Katanga. 4-5. Yg. L. Dilolo, Katanga. 6-10. Ad., hgr., L. Bang\Yelu. &yg- Franklin White, Esq. (P. Capt. Lemaire (C). F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). 43. TILAPIA STEINDACHNERI. B
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. TILAPIA. 209 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 Bangweki. 'I'ype in \'ienna Museum. Fig. Tilapia ovalis. L. Bangvvelu. 1. Yg. (Jliiringa, Rhodesia. 2-3. Hgr. Lofoi, Katanga. 4-5. Yg. L. Dilolo, Katanga. 6-10. Ad., hgr., L. Bang\Yelu. &yg- Franklin White, Esq. (P. Capt. Lemaire (C). F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). 43. TILAPIA STEINDACHNERI. Bouleng. Ann. & 3I;ig. N. H. (8) xii. 1913, p. 483. Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 2\ to 3 times in total length. Head a little more than twice as long as broad ; snout with convex upper profile, as long as broad or a little longer than bread, as long as postocular part of head ; eye 3f (young) to 4| times in length of head, equal to interorbital width or suborbital depth ; mouth moderate, about § width of head, extending to between nostril and eye; teeth small, in 3 series, 40 to 60 in outer row of upper jaw ; 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal to or a little less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 12 to 14 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XV 12-13; spines equal in length from the sixth or seventh, \ to not quite ^ length of head; longest soft rays about ^ length of head. Anal III 8-9 ; third spine as long as and stronger than last dorsal. Pectoral f to f length of head, nearly reaching VOL. III. P. 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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