TILAPIA. 



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dorsal. Pectoral as long as head, reaching or nearly reaching vertical 

 of origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent or anal. Caudal rounded. 

 Caudal peduncle deeper than long. Scales cycloid, 29-31 u=i%! lateral 

 lines jjjjjg- Pale brownish, with seven or eight very regular dark brown 

 bars, as broad as or a little broader than the interspaces ; five of these 

 bands extend on the dorsal, the fourth involving a blackish spot at the 

 base of the origin of the soft dorsal ; a dark brown lateral band 

 sometimes present; fins brown, soft dorsal with whitish spots or oblique 

 bands. 



Total length 130 millim. 



Lower Niger, Lagos. 



1-2. Types. 



3-4. Ad. & hgr. 

 5. Skel. 



6-8. Ad. & hgr. 

 9-10. Yg. 

 11-13. Ad. & her. 



Azuinine Creek, Opobo R., 



Niger Delta. 

 Sapelle, Niger Deltn. 



Oguta, Lower Niger. 



Abo, „ 



Ogun R. at Aro, Lagos. 



Miss Kingsley (C). 



Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



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V 



Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 



Fig. 121. 



Tilapia mawjaras. 

 Type. 



26. TILAPIA MANYAR.E. 

 Hilgend. Zool. Jahrb., Syst. xxii. 1905, p. 4U6. 



Depth of body 2| to 3 times in total length, length of head 2| to 2f 

 times. Head twice as long as broad ; snout with straight upper profile, 



