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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Page 426
... adult . Scales small , cycloid , often deciduous , or absent . Teeth in the gullet behind pharynx . Pelagic or deep sea • Stromateoidei . p . 889 . Scleroparei . II . A bony stay extending from below eye to preopercle . Head usually ...
... adult . Scales small , cycloid , often deciduous , or absent . Teeth in the gullet behind pharynx . Pelagic or deep sea • Stromateoidei . p . 889 . Scleroparei . II . A bony stay extending from below eye to preopercle . Head usually ...
Page 449
... adult ♂ and in South African Museum . Fam . 9. CIRRHITIDAE . 1911. Regan , Ann . Mag . Nat . Hist . , ( 8 ) , vol . vii , p . 260 ( definition ) . Body compressed , oblong , with moderate - sized cycloid or ctenoid scales . Eyes ...
... adult ♂ and in South African Museum . Fam . 9. CIRRHITIDAE . 1911. Regan , Ann . Mag . Nat . Hist . , ( 8 ) , vol . vii , p . 260 ( definition ) . Body compressed , oblong , with moderate - sized cycloid or ctenoid scales . Eyes ...
Page 452
... adult ) elongated . A III 6 . Simple pectoral rays 6. Scales 1.1 . 40 ; 1.tr. Length . - Up to 90 mm . 4 10-11 ' Colour . Rosy , with 5 irregular dusky and interrupted cross - bands , extending on to base of dorsal fin . Locality ...
... adult ) elongated . A III 6 . Simple pectoral rays 6. Scales 1.1 . 40 ; 1.tr. Length . - Up to 90 mm . 4 10-11 ' Colour . Rosy , with 5 irregular dusky and interrupted cross - bands , extending on to base of dorsal fin . Locality ...
Page 452
... adult , but is more compressed in the thoracic and abdominal regions and has a sharp ridge along the chest and belly ; and the scales are verti- cally striate with jagged free margin ( text - fig . 19 c ) . It was caught off Great Fish ...
... adult , but is more compressed in the thoracic and abdominal regions and has a sharp ridge along the chest and belly ; and the scales are verti- cally striate with jagged free margin ( text - fig . 19 c ) . It was caught off Great Fish ...
Page 461
... ( adult ) -3 ( young ) , length of head 3-4 ( adult ) , in length of body . Eye 2-3 in length of head , greater than snout . Lower jaw not projecting . Canines strong . Vomerine teeth often small or absent . Maxilla reaching to below ...
... ( adult ) -3 ( young ) , length of head 3-4 ( adult ) , in length of body . Eye 2-3 in length of head , greater than snout . Lower jaw not projecting . Canines strong . Vomerine teeth often small or absent . Maxilla reaching to below ...
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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