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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... darker , head speckled , upper and lower jaws bordered with blackish , chin also blackish , dorsal with dark blotches and stripes , a black , white - edged spot between 3rd - 7th spines , anal with dark stripes and a blackish margin ...
... darker , head speckled , upper and lower jaws bordered with blackish , chin also blackish , dorsal with dark blotches and stripes , a black , white - edged spot between 3rd - 7th spines , anal with dark stripes and a blackish margin ...
Page 446
... darker dots and rings , a lateral series of small dark spots , spinous dorsal in ♂ light with linear markings , in uniform blackish , soft dorsal with longitudinal series of dark dots , caudal spotted , usually a black spot larger than ...
... darker dots and rings , a lateral series of small dark spots , spinous dorsal in ♂ light with linear markings , in uniform blackish , soft dorsal with longitudinal series of dark dots , caudal spotted , usually a black spot larger than ...
Page 448
... dark spot near upper margin of membrane , between 3rd and 4th dorsal spines , anal with a dark margin . Locality . - Natal coast , 20 fathoms . Distribution . - Indian Ocean . A single specimen , 115 mm . in length , which is described ...
... dark spot near upper margin of membrane , between 3rd and 4th dorsal spines , anal with a dark margin . Locality . - Natal coast , 20 fathoms . Distribution . - Indian Ocean . A single specimen , 115 mm . in length , which is described ...
Page 462
... dark margin , anal with a dark band , caudal with 2 oblique dark bands on each lobe ; in the young reddish- brown with 5 vertical silvery cross - bands ; these silver cross - bands gradually break up into spots and then become ...
... dark margin , anal with a dark band , caudal with 2 oblique dark bands on each lobe ; in the young reddish- brown with 5 vertical silvery cross - bands ; these silver cross - bands gradually break up into spots and then become ...
Page 463
... dark edge or darker rays , but no bands . Locality . - Delagoa Bay . Distribution . - Indian seas , East Indies to China and N. Australia . Therapon jarbua ( Forsk . ) . Sea Tiger - fish . 1775. Forskal , Descr . Anim . , p . 50 . 1790 ...
... dark edge or darker rays , but no bands . Locality . - Delagoa Bay . Distribution . - Indian seas , East Indies to China and N. Australia . Therapon jarbua ( Forsk . ) . Sea Tiger - fish . 1775. Forskal , Descr . Anim . , p . 50 . 1790 ...
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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