Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum, Volume 21, Part 2South African Museum, 1927 - Natural history |
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... East London and Natal coast . Distribution . - Indo - Pacific to Gulf of California . One of the specimens was found attached to a Devil - fish ( Manta ) caught at East London . Echeneis brachyptera Lowe . 1839. Lowe , Proc . Zool . Soc ...
... East London and Natal coast . Distribution . - Indo - Pacific to Gulf of California . One of the specimens was found attached to a Devil - fish ( Manta ) caught at East London . Echeneis brachyptera Lowe . 1839. Lowe , Proc . Zool . Soc ...
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... East coast of Africa . Gen. CALLIURICHTHYS J. & F. 1902. Jordan and Fowler , Proc . U.S. Nat . Mus . , vol . xxv , p . 941 . Gill - opening reduced to a small foramen opening dorsally . Lateral line single , simple . Preopercular spine ...
... East coast of Africa . Gen. CALLIURICHTHYS J. & F. 1902. Jordan and Fowler , Proc . U.S. Nat . Mus . , vol . xxv , p . 941 . Gill - opening reduced to a small foramen opening dorsally . Lateral line single , simple . Preopercular spine ...
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... East coast of Africa , Indian seas , East Indies , Pacific Ocean . The only record of this species in South African waters is a stuffed specimen in the British Museum presented by Sir Andrew Smith , though there is every probability of ...
... East coast of Africa , Indian seas , East Indies , Pacific Ocean . The only record of this species in South African waters is a stuffed specimen in the British Museum presented by Sir Andrew Smith , though there is every probability of ...
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... East coast of Africa , Indian seas , East Indies , Pacific Ocean . This species is common among coral reefs and along rocky coasts , and is a good food - fish . Gen. CIRRHITICHTHYS Blkr . 1856. Bleeker , Natur . Tydsskr . Ned . Ind ...
... East coast of Africa , Indian seas , East Indies , Pacific Ocean . This species is common among coral reefs and along rocky coasts , and is a good food - fish . Gen. CIRRHITICHTHYS Blkr . 1856. Bleeker , Natur . Tydsskr . Ned . Ind ...
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... ventral rosy ; inner half of ventral violet , pectoral with red blotches , soft dorsal and anal violet , with rosy spots , upper part of iris violet . Locality . - Natal coast . Distribution . - East 462 Annals of the South African Museum .
... ventral rosy ; inner half of ventral violet , pectoral with red blotches , soft dorsal and anal violet , with rosy spots , upper part of iris violet . Locality . - Natal coast . Distribution . - East 462 Annals of the South African Museum .
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adult Agulhas Bank anal fins anterior arch arch band Biol blackish Bleeker Blkr Bloch Brit canines caudal fin caudal peduncle Caudal rounded cheek Colour compressed ctenoid Cuvier and Valenciennes dark Distribution.-Indo-Pacific dorsal and anal dorsal fin dorsal rays dorsal spines Durban Mus elongate equal to length False Bay fathoms Fische Fish Fowler genus Gilchrist and Thompson Gill Gill-membranes Gill-rakers Günther hind margin Hist Ichth Ichthyol interorbital width Lacépède Lateral line length of body length of head Length.-Up less Locality.-Natal coast lower jaw lxxvii margin of eye Maxilla reaching moderate Natal nostril opercle palatines Philad Poiss posterior preopercle preorbital Proc Profile Pyloric caeca Regan Rüppell Scales scaly serrate silvery slightly snout soft dorsal South African Museum South African species specimen spine longest spinous dorsal synonymy teeth tentacle U.S. Nat upper Ventrals vertical villiform vomer yellowish young Zool