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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... genus with one species . Chorisochismus dentex ( Pall . ) . Sucker - fish ; Klip - zuiger . 1779. Pallas , Spicil . Zool . , vol . vii , p . 6 , pl . i . 1861. Castelnau , loc . cit . , p . 72 ( dentex and fimbriatus , and Athaena ...
... genus with one species . Chorisochismus dentex ( Pall . ) . Sucker - fish ; Klip - zuiger . 1779. Pallas , Spicil . Zool . , vol . vii , p . 6 , pl . i . 1861. Castelnau , loc . cit . , p . 72 ( dentex and fimbriatus , and Athaena ...
Page 433
... genus Chiasmodus . Weber ( 1913 ) is of the same opinion and considers Ponerodon as a well - established genus . * Chiasmodon niger Johns . 1863. Johnson , loc . A Monograph of the Marine Fishes of South Africa . 433.
... genus Chiasmodus . Weber ( 1913 ) is of the same opinion and considers Ponerodon as a well - established genus . * Chiasmodon niger Johns . 1863. Johnson , loc . A Monograph of the Marine Fishes of South Africa . 433.
Page 437
... genus is proposed , is distin- guished from all other Uranoscopids by the laterally placed eyes , the series of tubercles representing the last trace of the obsolete spinous dorsal fin , and the very short soft dorsal and anal fins . In ...
... genus is proposed , is distin- guished from all other Uranoscopids by the laterally placed eyes , the series of tubercles representing the last trace of the obsolete spinous dorsal fin , and the very short soft dorsal and anal fins . In ...
Page 439
... genus represented in the shallower waters of the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean . The record of a species from Chile is doubtful . Weevers are usually found along sandy coasts . Though more active than the Stargazers , they spend ...
... genus represented in the shallower waters of the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean . The record of a species from Chile is doubtful . Weevers are usually found along sandy coasts . Though more active than the Stargazers , they spend ...
Page 440
... Lateral line single , complete and continuous . Small or moderate - sized fishes of tropical seas . Only one genus in South African waters . Gen. PARAPERCIS Blkr . 1863. Bleeker , Versl . k 440 Annals of the South African Museum .
... Lateral line single , complete and continuous . Small or moderate - sized fishes of tropical seas . Only one genus in South African waters . Gen. PARAPERCIS Blkr . 1863. Bleeker , Versl . k 440 Annals of the South African Museum .
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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