TILAPIA. 



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than prseorbital depth ; mouth moderate, f width of head, extending to 

 between nostril and eye ; teeth in 5 or 6 series, 44 to GO in outer series of 

 upper jaw ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part equal 

 to diameter of eye, Gill-rakers short, 16-18 on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Dorsal XVI 12-13 ; spines subequal from the sixth or last 

 longest, 5 to ^ length of head ; longest sofc ray a little shorter or a little 

 longer than head. Anal III 9-10; third spine f length of head. 

 Pectoral as long as or slightly shorter than head, not reaching 

 vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching anal. Caudal rounded- 

 subtruncate. Caudal peduncle deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 



Fig. 114. 



'J'ildpia hmaji. 

 Type. |. 



30-31 \:, ; lateral lines yiz\1. Brown, with four to six more or less 

 distinct broad darker vertical bands ; a blackish operculnr spot ; fins 

 purplish brown with very indistinct smnll darker spots on the soft 

 dorsal, and a large dark spot at the base of the origin of the latter. 



Total length 220 millim. 



Ogowe. — Type in Paris Museum. 

 1. Ono of the typos. N^iomo, Lower Ogowe. 



2. llor. 



L. 0. 



()l'OW 



Kev. E. Hang (C.) ; 



Paris Museum (E.). 

 Dr. W.J. Ansorge (C.). 



