The Freshwater Fishes of South Africa. 



493 



One specimen, '258 mm. in length, from Kafue River, Rhodesia 



(C. F. MolyiuMix). 



One specimen, UW mm. in length, from Lake Nganii (H. F. 



Kirkham). 



It is also reported from Angola, Congo, and Gaboon. 



FIG. 125. Tilapia andersonii. |. 



According to Mr. Sykes the Batoka name <>f the specimen s c .nt by 

 him is Tsheri, the Barotse name Appapali. He states that the fish is 

 " much esteemed by Europeans and natives, not having a superfluity 

 of bones and hardly any of the muddy flavour usual with freshwater 

 fish. A favourite dish of Lewauika. Can be caught on hooks baited 

 with locusts and would probably rise to a fly." 



10. TILAPIA SQUAMIPINNIS, Grunth. 



Chromis squamipinnis, G-unth., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1864, p. 311, and 

 1893, p. 621, pi. liii. 



Tilapia squamipinnis, Bouleng., Trans. Zool. Soc., xv, 1898, p. 4, 

 and Proc. Zool. Soc., 1899, p. 177 ; Pellegr., Mc'm. Soc. Zool. France, 

 xvi, 1904, p. 318; Bouleng., Freshw. Fish. Africa, iii, p. 183, fig. 118, 

 (1915). 



"Depth of body 2} to 2| times in total length, length of head 

 2 to 3 times. Head If to 2 times as long as broad, snout rounded, 



