224 



CICBLWJE. 



l'.)-27. Hgr 



28-29. Yg. 

 oO. Hot. 



Z( 



Fort Johnston. 



Unisitu R., Broken Hill, N.W 

 Rhodesia. 



Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). 



liev. F. A. Rogers and 

 F. C. Chubb, Esq. (P.) 



58. TILAPIA LUCULLiE. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) xii. 1913, p. 483. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 3 times in total length. Head 

 a little more than twice as long as broad ; snout with straight upper 

 profile, as long as broad, as long as postocular part of head, longer than 

 eye, which is 4 times in length of head, equals interorbital width, and 

 a little exceeds least depth of praeorbital ; mouth rather large, f width 

 of head, extending nearly to below anterior border of eye ; end of 



Fig. 146. 



Tilupia luculUe. 

 Type. 



maxillary exposed ; teeth in 3 series, outer moderately large, 46 in 

 outer row of upper jaw ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of 

 scaly part a little less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 9 on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI 9-10 ; last s])ine longest, not 

 quite i length of head, longest soft rays J to J. Anal III 8-9 ; third 

 spine nearly as long as last dorsal. Pectoral f length of head, not 

 extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent or origin 

 of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as dee[). 

 Scales finely denticulate, 32-33 j^ ; lateral lines frrri'^. Brownish ; 

 dorsal and caudal with round blackish s})ots, the lV)rnier with a dark 



