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 420
... dorsal , anal , and caudal with light margins . Locality . False Bay ? East London to Natal . Distribution . - Warm seas . Common on sharks and other large fishes . Gen. ECHENEIS ( Artedi ) Linn . 1738. Artedi , Gen. Pisc . , p . 14 ...
... dorsal , anal , and caudal with light margins . Locality . False Bay ? East London to Natal . Distribution . - Warm seas . Common on sharks and other large fishes . Gen. ECHENEIS ( Artedi ) Linn . 1738. Artedi , Gen. Pisc . , p . 14 ...
Page 424
... Ventral disc single . Head not very broad . Dorsal and anal fins confluent with the caudal fin .. Operculum without apparent spine . Gills 3. Gill - membranes united to isthmus . Jaws with a single series of incisor teeth . This genus ...
... Ventral disc single . Head not very broad . Dorsal and anal fins confluent with the caudal fin .. Operculum without apparent spine . Gills 3. Gill - membranes united to isthmus . Jaws with a single series of incisor teeth . This genus ...
Page 427
... Anal with more than 2 spines . a . Lower pectoral rays simple ( Cirrhitiformes ) . i . D X 11-14 ii . D XVI - XIX 23 ... dorsal fin ( see footnote * ) . a . Teeth normal , separate . i . Anal spines ( if present ) 3 . a . Scales smooth ...
... Anal with more than 2 spines . a . Lower pectoral rays simple ( Cirrhitiformes ) . i . D X 11-14 ii . D XVI - XIX 23 ... dorsal fin ( see footnote * ) . a . Teeth normal , separate . i . Anal spines ( if present ) 3 . a . Scales smooth ...
Page 428
... dorsal fins 2. One dorsal fin . a . All teeth absent . Mouth strongly protractile b . Teeth present . Mullidae ... anal scaly . † Pectoral falcate . Scales cycloid Drepanidae . †† Pectoral short . Scales ctenoid . § Anal spines 3 . Gill ...
... dorsal fins 2. One dorsal fin . a . All teeth absent . Mouth strongly protractile b . Teeth present . Mullidae ... anal scaly . † Pectoral falcate . Scales cycloid Drepanidae . †† Pectoral short . Scales ctenoid . § Anal spines 3 . Gill ...
Page 452
... dorsal , base of soft dorsal , anal , and caudal with reddish or brownish spots . Locality . - Natal coast . Distribution . - East coast of Africa , Indian seas , East Indies , Pacific Ocean . This species is common among coral reefs ...
... dorsal , base of soft dorsal , anal , and caudal with reddish or brownish spots . Locality . - Natal coast . Distribution . - East coast of Africa , Indian seas , East Indies , Pacific Ocean . This species is common among coral reefs ...
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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