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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... Lateral line single . , A small family , about whose systematic position there has been much discussion , consisting of 5 genera and about twice as many species from the temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere , and ...
... Lateral line single . , A small family , about whose systematic position there has been much discussion , consisting of 5 genera and about twice as many species from the temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere , and ...
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... Lateral line con- sisting of a closed canal , opening by a series of 46 pores above the line and twice as many below ; open pores ceasing at a distance from base of caudal equal to about twice the depth of body . ( Plate XVIII , fig . 4 ...
... Lateral line con- sisting of a closed canal , opening by a series of 46 pores above the line and twice as many below ; open pores ceasing at a distance from base of caudal equal to about twice the depth of body . ( Plate XVIII , fig . 4 ...
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... lateral lines ( as they appear to be in C. nudi- vittis ) . Each pore on the lateral lines , in the transverse series , and on the head has beside it a small outstanding papilla . Pyloric caeca 9 . ( Plate XVIII , fig . 2. ) Length ...
... lateral lines ( as they appear to be in C. nudi- vittis ) . Each pore on the lateral lines , in the transverse series , and on the head has beside it a small outstanding papilla . Pyloric caeca 9 . ( Plate XVIII , fig . 2. ) Length ...
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... Lateral line single , usually high up . Carnivorous , bottom - dwelling fishes from shallow or moderately deep water in warm regions . An account of the habits of Stargazers is given by Gill ( Smiths . Misc . Coll . , vol . xlviii , p ...
... Lateral line single , usually high up . Carnivorous , bottom - dwelling fishes from shallow or moderately deep water in warm regions . An account of the habits of Stargazers is given by Gill ( Smiths . Misc . Coll . , vol . xlviii , p ...
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... Lateral line ending below about the 15th dorsal ray . ( Plate XIX , fig . 2. ) Length . - Up to 350 mm . Colour . - Brown , marbled and spotted with darker , head speckled , upper and lower jaws bordered with blackish , chin also ...
... Lateral line ending below about the 15th dorsal ray . ( Plate XIX , fig . 2. ) Length . - Up to 350 mm . Colour . - Brown , marbled and spotted with darker , head speckled , upper and lower jaws bordered with blackish , chin also ...
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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