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 431
... distinct . The numbers of dorsal and anal rays are very constant and distinctly less than in siculus . The number of pores in the lateral line in siculus is not given by either Günther or Smitt ; there may possibly be a difference in ...
... distinct . The numbers of dorsal and anal rays are very constant and distinctly less than in siculus . The number of pores in the lateral line in siculus is not given by either Günther or Smitt ; there may possibly be a difference in ...
Page 441
... distinct on lower side of a light or whitish band which runs from pectoral to middle of caudal , head mottled , a black spot on upper part of base of caudal , which is barred with darker spots , dorsal light , indistinctly spotted ...
... distinct on lower side of a light or whitish band which runs from pectoral to middle of caudal , head mottled , a black spot on upper part of base of caudal , which is barred with darker spots , dorsal light , indistinctly spotted ...
Page 452
... distinct species . In this he was probably right , but they are certainly not species of " Platystethus . " Günther would have . recognised this himself if his specimens had not apparently had all the scales rubbed off , as Evistius ...
... distinct species . In this he was probably right , but they are certainly not species of " Platystethus . " Günther would have . recognised this himself if his specimens had not apparently had all the scales rubbed off , as Evistius ...
Page 469
... distinct bluish network on head , body and fins with or without small bluish or whitish spots , all the fins edged with black . Locality . - Natal coast , Delagoa Bay . Distribution . - Indian and Western Pacific Oceans . Fowler ( 1925 ...
... distinct bluish network on head , body and fins with or without small bluish or whitish spots , all the fins edged with black . Locality . - Natal coast , Delagoa Bay . Distribution . - Indian and Western Pacific Oceans . Fowler ( 1925 ...
Page 470
... distinct vertical cross - bars ; head , body , and fins with small , round , black- edged blue spots ; dorsal , anal , and caudal with yellowish margins . Locality . - Mozambique coast . Distribution . - Indo - Pacific Ocean ...
... distinct vertical cross - bars ; head , body , and fins with small , round , black- edged blue spots ; dorsal , anal , and caudal with yellowish margins . Locality . - Mozambique coast . Distribution . - Indo - Pacific Ocean ...
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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